Benefit plan and fiduciary litigation has increased dramatically in recent years. We have been engaged as both trial and consulting counsel in numerous employee benefit matters, representing fiduciaries, trustees, administrators, participants and sponsoring companies as well. This expertise includes:

Defense of welfare and pension plans, plan sponsors, fiduciaries, insurers, claims administrators, and service providers against breach of fiduciary responsibility, benefits, and interference with rights protected by ERISA, in suits brought by participants, beneficiaries, fiduciaries, and U.S. Department of Labor, including class actions.

 
Investigation of plan administrators, fiduciaries, insurers, investment advisors, claims administrators, and other services providers concerning potential violations of the fiduciary responsibility and statutory provisions of ERISA, as well as handling/defense of U.S. Department of Labor investigations and administrative proceedings.

Representation of employers in connection with multi-employer and multiple-employer pension and health and welfare plan withdrawal liability, wrongful termination, employment discrimination, collective bargaining, and other employment disputes.

Our litigation experience encompasses the full range of employee benefit issues, and involves litigation concerning the participants' rights and the rights and obligations of plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and service providers under benefit plans, ERISA, COBRA, and state law.