Riar's Employee Benefits group has highly experienced employee benefits litigators. In addition to representing plan sponsors, fiduciaries and plan professionals during Department of Labor investigations, our litigators fashion pre-litigation strategies with an eye towards reducing litigation risk and minimizing costs in high-stakes litigation. Our litigators have handled individual and class action litigation across the country:

Retiree health care benefit termination
Severance plan benefit denials
Medical disability benefit denials
Pension miscalculation claims
Anti-cutback rule violations
Discriminatory plan design
Cash balance plans and other hybrid plans
Fiduciary and co-fiduciary breaches
Executive compensation
Interference with rights under governed plans
Excessive fees
Prohibited transactions
Non-compliance with disclosure requirements
Multiemployer plan trustee disputes
Multiemployer plan delinquent contribution and withdrawal liability disputes
Public sector plan trustee misconduct under state law
Employee benefits appellate litigation

Our experienced employee benefits advocates have also served as counsel to national trade associations and Court and have been selected by insurers to defend benefits litigation.

Employee Benefit Litigation