Meet Our Team
Discover the expertise and dedication of our professionals committed to your wealth management journey.
Discover Wealth ESQ: Your Partner in Comprehensive Wealth Management and Legal Solutions
At Wealth ESQ, our mission is to empower high-net-worth individuals through integrated legal and wealth strategies. With a rich history of excellence, we offer a unique value proposition known as the 'Wealth Attorney™,' ensuring that your legal needs align seamlessly with your financial goals. Trust us to guide you on a journey of strategic planning and ongoing stewardship for your legacy.
Expertise
Wealth Attorney™
Meet the dedicated professionals behind Wealth ESQ.
Andre Pennington
Wealth Attorney ™
Andre Pennington is one of the nation’s leading authorities in estate planning, asset protection, tax law, and financial planning for business owners and high-net-worth clients. Over nearly two decades in law and business, Andre has founded and grown several multimillion-dollar companies, including Universal Wealth and Pennington Law. As an industry-leading Wealth Attorney™ and Registered Financial Planner®, he is at the forefront of integrating asset protection, estate planning, tax law, and financial planning into a single, unified discipline that delivers unparalleled results.
National Recognition for Excellence
Andre’s clients aren’t the only ones who sing his praises. He holds numerous national honors and awards for his work, including:
- Best Deferred Sales Trust Law Firm in the U.S. of 2024 by Best of the Best.
- Acceptance to the Forbes Financial Council;
- Being named as an Inc. 5000 Entrepreneur in 2024;
- High designations from Super Lawyers and Best Attorneys of America;
- Recognition as a Top-Rated Lawyer;
- A ranking on the America’s Most Honored Lawyers list by the American Registry (an honor reserved for less than 1% of attorneys)
- Recognition in The New York Times as a Power Lawyer by the Lawyers of Distinction;
- Recognition in USA Today as a Power Lawyer by the Lawyers of Distinction;
- Recognition in The Wall Street Journal as one of the 2024 Most Influential Attorneys by the Lawyers of Distinction;
- Inclusion as a Marquis Who’s Who;
- Selection as Litigator of the Year 2021 by the American Institute of Trial Lawyers;
- Recognition from Elite Lawyers;
- Being named an AV Preeminent Attorney and Client Champion Platinum (highest designations) by Martindale-Hubbell; and
- Designation as a Martindale-Avvo Rated Top Lawyer
In addition to his tax, financial, and investment enterprises, Andre also serves as a part-time Judge (Judge Pro Tem) with the Arizona Superior Court of Arizona for Maricopa County.
A Surprise, Arizona, resident since 2011, Andre is married to his stunning wife, Amanda, and has six children—two sons and four daughters—and is a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Education
- California State University, Fullerton, B.A., 2003
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Juris Doctor, 2006
Admitted
- Colorado, 2006
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 2007
- Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, 2007
- Arizona (Probate and Trust Section Member), 2016
Franco Tenerelli
Wealth Attorney ™
Franco Tenerelli is one of the nation’s top business and transactional attorneys and an award-winning former public company General Counsel. Over nearly two decades in law and business, he has navigated acquisitions and exits valued in the billions, taken a start-up company public, and served as chief legal officer for a billion-dollar enterprise. His experience includes defending some of the world’s largest corporations in high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, and advising businesses and high-net-worth clients on structuring and protecting their financial empires. Franco is a licensed Wealth Attorney™, Registered Financial Planner®, and licensed broker. He holds degrees from UCLA, Loyola Law School, and UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.