ERISA Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Our employment litigation team defends employee benefit plans, their sponsors, administrators and fiduciaries, as well as insurers, from all manner of alleged violations of ERISA, including claims for:
- Breach of fiduciary duty
- Wrongful denial of benefits
- Failure to provide plan information
- Retaliation and interference with benefits
Our expertise extends to defense of claims involving virtually every type of ERISA-covered plan, from standard defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans and ESOPs to all types of employee welfare benefit plans, including single-employer and multi-employer or association plans. Our expertise also extends to employee benefit plans, such as governmental and church plans, that, for one reason or another, are exempt from ERISA.
We defend insurers who fund the benefits provided to employee welfare benefit plans and administer claims for benefits, such as providers of life, health, and disability insurance.
We also prosecute and defend claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, professional negligence, and related claims, brought by and against service providers to ERISA-covered plans, such as third-party administrators, plan marketing agents, professional advisors, and reinsurers.
We regularly counsel and assist our clients in resolving adversarial situations related to employee benefits before they escalate to litigation.
We have represented clients throughout the Midwest in all manner of adversarial proceedings, including:
- Department of Labor investigations
- Plan claims procedures
- Litigation, including preliminary injunction practice, trial and appeal
This practice group monitors new case law, legislative and regulatory developments, and it works closely with our attorneys to provide superior representation to our clients.