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Elizabeth R.Vitale

Senior Managing Associate
Cleveland

O 216.566.5657

Elizabeth R.Vitale

Senior Managing Associate

Beth is a senior managing associate in the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation group. Her practice focuses on assisting public and private companies of all sizes with a range of employee benefit matters, including the design and administration of qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, as well as executive compensation matters. Beth also collaborates with litigation and transaction teams on various benefits and executive compensation issues.

Prior to joining the firm, Beth practiced in the Cleveland office of a global law firm, where she advised clients on employee benefits and executive compensation matters, including navigating the employee benefits and executive compensation facets of corporate transactions, often with cross-border implications. Her experience also extends to drafting employment, equity incentive, separation and severance agreements, and assisting public companies in the preparation of compensation-related proxy statement disclosures.

Recognized in Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2027

Focus Areas

  • Included in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Inducted into The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland’s Time Well Spent Honor Society, 2024
  • Inducted into The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland’s Community Commitment Honor Society, 2024

Professional Associations

  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • WEB (Worldwide Employee Benefits) Network

Education

  • Cleveland State University, J.D., 2017,

    summa cum laude, editor, Cleveland State Law Review

  • Case Western Reserve University, B.A., 2014,

    summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio