ERISA, Labor & Employment

Steptoe offers counseling and litigation services for employers in all aspects of employment law and labor relations, including legislative representation in the US Congress.

In particular, we have been providing plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and service providers with effective representation related to ERISA matters for almost three decades.  Our attorneys address complex tax, Title I (fiduciary), Title IV (plan termination and withdrawal liability), transactional, and legislative matters and provide effective representation for ERISA-related litigation.

Steptoe also represents employers in employment-related litigation at all levels of the state and federal system throughout the United States.  Our attorneys have successfully litigated local jury trials, large class actions, and enforcement proceedings brought by government agencies.  In addition, we have frequently represented parties and amici before all levels of appellate courts, including the US Supreme Court.

Noteworthy

• Received a #1 Ranking in Chambers USA 2009 and 2010: America's Leading Business Lawyers; ERISA Litigation (Nationwide)
• Received a #1 Ranking in Chambers USA 2009 and 2010: America's Leading Business Lawyers; Labor & Employment (Arizona)
• Ranked in Chambers USA 2009 and 2010: America's Leading Business Lawyers; Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (District of Columbia)
• Ranked in Chambers USA 2010: America's Leading Business Lawyers; Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Nationwide)
• Steptoe Scores Summary Judgment in Favor of Taco Bell
• ERISA Team Wins Twice for Caremark in Misclassification, Fiduciary Status
• Employment/Labor Team Argues against Class Certification

Select News & Events

• Legal 500 US Honors Seven Practices and 23 Attorneys from Steptoe
• Chambers USA Honors 18 Steptoe Practices and 41 Attorneys
• Ron Cooper Quoted in Law 360 Article Titled, "Berrien to Play Forceful Role as EEOC Head"
• Chambers USA Awards for Excellence Nominates Two Steptoe Practices
• Paul Ondrasik to Speak at ACI's 2nd Annual Forum on Defending and Managing ERISA Litigation
• California Employment Law Forum
• Seventh Annual Labor Relations Conference
• Annual Employment Law Update: What In-House Counsel and HR Executives Need to Know

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Publications

• ERISA Advisory
  August 23, 2010
• Employment Law Update
  July 2010
• Employment Law Update
  May 2010
• ERISA Advisory
  May 12, 2010

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