POWER OF ATTORNEY
  (City National Corporation - Securities Trade Reporting)

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Michael Cahill, Corinna
Cherian, and Jane Gately, signing singly, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
City National Corporation and/or its subsidiaries (the
"Company"), Forms 144, 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder, the Form ID required to apply for EDGAR access
codes, and any other documents necessary to facilitate the
filing of Section 16 reports and related EDGAR filings;

     (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 144, 3, 4, or 5, complete
and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, the Form ID
required to apply for the EDGAR access codes and timely file
such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

     (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-
fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 144, 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd day of March, 2013.

                       By: /s/ Russell D. Goldsmith
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                           Russell D. Goldsmith