CITY NATIONAL CORP - FORM 10-K - EX-23 - EXHIBIT 23 - February 26, 2010

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Exhibit 23


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
City National Corporation:

        We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-01993, 333-87719, 333-61854, 333-88118, 33-56632, 333-151375, 333-139215 and 333-161964) on Form S-8, (Nos. 333-104395 and 333-163437-01) on Form S-4 and (No. 333-156275) on Form S-3ASR of City National Corporation of our reports dated February 26, 2010, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of City National Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, which reports appear in the December 31, 2009 annual report on Form 10-K of City National Corporation.

        Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to changes in 2009 in City National Corporation's method of accounting for noncontrolling interests and participating securities, and in 2008 City National Corporation changed its method of accounting for fair value.

KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, California
February 26, 2010



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