ERISA Litigation
USA Guide 2024 : USA - Nationwide
Band 4
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404 881 7000Chambers Review
Alston & Bird LLP has a well-reputed team litigating ERISA class actions and individual claims across a range of issues, with particularly strong success in employer stock and fee-based litigation pertaining to 401(k) and 403(b) plans. It fields a number of experienced trial attorneys regularly sought after by major corporations and financial services providers. The team also counsels clients facing Department of Labor investigations.
Work Highlights
- Alston & Bird defended PNC Financial Services Group in a putative class action challenging the fees and investments in a 401(k) plan formerly offered to employees of BBVA Bancshares, which was subsequently acquired by PNC.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Alston team has strong experience to handle complex class action ERISA litigation."
"The team has a deep knowledge of ERISA with impressive handling of complex class action litigation."
"The Alston team has strong experience to handle complex class action ERISA litigation."
"The team has a deep knowledge of ERISA with impressive handling of complex class action litigation."
Notable Practitioners
Douglas Hinson is a seasoned litigator who is frequently sought out to handle disputes arising out of 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans. His experience includes class actions involving breach of fiduciary duty, excessive fees and prohibited transactions.
"He has a very good reputation for being high quality."
Emily Costin handles an array of ERISA class actions, including breach of fiduciary duty claims.
"Emily is a fantastic partner. She takes a practical approach to litigation, is very responsive and is a pleasure to work with."
"She is very level headed and is able to translate our position into something that is easily comprehensible."
"Emily is responsive to all requests and correspondence. She is sophisticated in her approach and has a very good sense of issues which may not be directly in play for any given piece of litigation."
Ranked Lawyers at
Alston & Bird LLP
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