ERISA, Labor & Employment

We offer 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.

We also represent 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 2008, America's Leading Business Lawyers; ERISA Litigation (National)
• Received a #1 Ranking in Chambers USA 2008, America's Leading Business Lawyers; Labor & Employment (Arizona)
• Ranked in Chambers USA 2008, America's Leading Business Lawyers; Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (District of Columbia)
• 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

• Fourteen Steptoe & Johnson LLP Attorneys in Phoenix are Named Super Lawyers
• 39 Steptoe Lawyers and 17 Practice Areas Named Among Best in the US by Chambers USA 2008
• ERISA Litigation Practice Receives Top Ranking by Legal US 500
• Stephanie J. Quincy Joins Steptoe’s ERISA, Labor & Employment Practice
• Annual Employment Law Update: What In-House Counsel and HR Executives Need to Know
• The New FMLA Regulations In A Nutshell: 200 Pages!?! What's In It For Me?
• It's Cold and Flu Season - Are These Disabilities Under the New ADAAA?
• Steptoe Presents: Post-Election Changes to Labor Law; Act Now to Remain Union-Free

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Publications

• Supreme Court Rules on Age Discrimination and Early Retirement Eligibility
  Winter 2008, Employee Relations Law Journal Vol 34, No 3
• Employment Law Update
  December 2008
• Employment Law Update
  October 2008
• Wellness Programs: What’s Permitted?
  Fall 2008, Employee Relations Law Journal Vol 34, No 2

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