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 _____ day of
_________________, 2013.

                                   By:
                                       ----------------------
                                        Christopher J. Carey