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

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Michael B. Cahill and Corinna
Cherian, 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 (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, and timely file such form 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 23rd day of June, 2013.


By: /s/ Mohamad Ali
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    Mohamad Ali