ERISA Claims

Litigation

Walter Haverfield’s attorneys have broad experience in the areas of employee benefit plans and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Our diverse and collective firm-wide approach provides litigation capabilities in claims arising out of retirement and health and welfare benefit plans.

Practice Group Leader

Mark S. Fusco, Chair

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Our ERISA Claims Approach

Our approach to litigating ERISA claims is selective and focuses on issues related to planning administration, compliance, and benefits issues. These matters range from individual issues to issues presented as class actions and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) enforcement actions.

ERISA Claims Team

Russell C. Shaw

Partner

Recognition

Our litigation attorneys in our Cleveland and Columbus offices are consistently ranked and recognized by Best Lawyers®, Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell, and more. At Walter Haverfield, we pride ourselves on becoming each client’s trusted advisor for all their litigation needs.

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METROPOLITAN TIER 1: Litigation – Labor and Employment
METROPOLITAN TIER 1: Litigation – Real Estate
METROPOLITAN TIER 1: Litigation – Trust and Estates
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METROPOLITAN TIER 2: Construction Law
METROPOLITAN TIER 2: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
METROPOLITAN TIER 2: Litigation – Environmental
METROPOLITAN TIER 2: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
METROPOLITAN TIER 3: Bet-the-Company Litigation
METROPOLITAN TIER 3: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
METROPOLITAN TIER 3: Litigation – Construction
METROPOLITAN TIER 3: Litigation – ERISA

Experience

Representing a client on the release of funds from a pension fund where the Trustee refused to acknowledge the client as the beneficiary of the funds at issue
Defending claims of breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and self-dealing