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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.

U.S. NEWS – BEST LAWYERS® 2023 “BEST LAW FIRMS” RANKINGS

  • METROPOLITAN TIER 1: Banking and Finance Law
  • METROPOLITAN TIER 1: Commercial Litigation
  • METROPOLITAN TIER 1: Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • METROPOLITAN TIER 1: Litigation – Real Estate
  • METROPOLITAN TIER 1: Litigation – Trust and Estates
  • METROPOLITAN TIER 1: Real Estate Law
  • METROPOLITAN TIER 1: Tax Law
  • 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
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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
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