Practices: ERISA Litigation

Our ERISA Litigation team has substantial experience in a broad array of ERISA-related disputes where we have successfully prosecuted and defended ERISA litigation matters for our clients both at the federal trial court level as well as on appeal. We have handled ERISA cases and class actions in Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New York and Tennessee. We successfully obtained a complete dismissal of an ERISA fiduciary class action at the trial court level in Alabama which was upheld by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia.

We partner closely with our clients and proactively counsel them in strategic out of court resolutions; work with in-house legal counsel and HR management to draft and implement plan administration practices, policies and procedures for avoiding potential ERISA claims; and conduct plan compliance audits to advise senior management and in-house legal counsel on best practices. Our ERISA attorneys regularly present seminars to legal, HR and benefits personnel of our clients to educate them on legal developments affecting their plans and how to modify practices which may create legal exposure under ERISA.

Our ERISA Litigation services include:

• Defense of several national ERISA class action and breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits;
• Defense of breach of fiduciary duty claims against plan committee members;
• Defense of ERISA benefit claim, breach of fiduciary duty class action and ERISA preemption litigation matters for large employers and insurers;
• Defense of federal and state false claim actions involving health plan practices and provider operations; and
• Negotiation of class action settlements in ERISA and multi-governmental unit qui tam actions.