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Laura K. Zeigler
Principal and Fiduciary Counsel
Ms. Zeigler is Principal and Fiduciary Counsel at Bessemer Trust. In this role, she is responsible
for working with clients and their advisors to develop practical and efficient wealth transfer
plans, and for guiding the firm on fiduciary issues.
Prior to joining Bessemer, Laura was an attorney in the Trusts and Estates department of Katten
Muchin Rosenman, LLP. Before that, she worked for Judge Blackburn on the Georgia Court of
Appeals as a law clerk.
She serves as Professional Advisory Board Member of the Ronald Reagan Presidential
Foundation. Laura was nominated as a finalist for the Los Angeles Business Journal Corporate
Counsel of the Year in 2012-2015, and has been listed as a Southern California Rising Star in
Estate Planning and Trusts in Los Angeles magazine.
Laura earned an LL.M. in taxation from Boston University School of Law, a J.D., salutatorian
and magna cum laude, from John Marshall Law School, and a B.A. from Southern Methodist
University.