Focus Areas
- “Recent Decision Spotlights Coordination Between DOL and Plaintiffs’ Firms,” Thompson Hine Employee Benefits Update, December 2024
- “Pension Plan Sponsors Targeted in Pension Risk Transfer Lawsuits,” Benefits Law Journal September 2004
- “Yellow Is Seeing Red: Bankruptcy Court Invokes Loper Bright in Upholding PBGC Regulations,” Thompson Hine Employee Benefits Update, September 2024
- “District Court Blocks DOL Investment Advice Rule – For Now,” Thompson Hine Employee Benefits Update, July 2024
- “Pension Plan Sponsors Targeted in Pension Risk Transfer Lawsuits,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, July 2024
- “The Fall of Chevron Could Mean Successful Challenges to Rulemaking and an Increase in Subregulatory Guidance,” Thompson Hine Employee Benefits Update, July 2024
- “U.S. Department of Labor Finalizes Major Changes to Its Fiduciary Investment Advice Rule,” Benefits Law Journal, June 2024
- “AT&T and Lockheed Martin Face Class Actions Over Pension Risk Transfers to Athene,” Thompson Hine Employee Benefits Update, March 2024
- “SECURE 2.0 Provisions for Defined Benefit Plans,” Bloomberg Law, December 2023
- “DOL Again Enters the Investment Advice Fray With Proposed Retirement Security Rule,” Thompson Hine Employee Benefits Update, November 2023
- “Bankrupt with a Pension Plan? Here’s What to Expect,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, July 1, 2019
- “Pension Regulations Post-Chevron,” 2025 Enrolled Actuaries Conference, May 7, 2025
- “Withdrawal Liability – Interest Rates and Beyond,” 2025 Enrolled Actuaries Conference, May 5, 2025
- Co-presenter, “Navigating DOL Investigations: Enforcement Trends and Practical Strategies,” Ohio Society of CPAs Employee Benefit Plan Audit Conference, April 22, 2025
- “Regulatory Update,” ABA Labor & Employment Section, Employee Benefits Committee Midwinter Meeting, February 8, 2025
- “2024 Ethics for Retirement Actuaries,” Society of Actuaries, December 12, 2024
- “Successfully Working With the PBGC,” CCA Annual Meeting, October 30, 2024
- “SCOTUS Ruling in Loper Bright v. Raimondo: Impact on ERISA, Employee Benefits, and Executive Compensation,” Strafford, September 17, 2024
- “Benefit Plan Governance: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You,” Association of Corporate Counsel, National Capital Region, July 24, 2024
- “Ethical Considerations For Benefits Attorneys in M&A Transactions,” 2024 Employee Benefits in Mergers & Acquisitions Institute, May 23, 2024
- “Ethics,” 2024 Enrolled Actuaries Conference, March 12, 2024
- “Ethics for Retirement Actuaries,” Society of Actuaries, December 6, 2023
- “Working With PBGC,” CCA Annual Meeting, October 18, 2023
- “Fiduciary Issues Under SECURE 2.0,” ABA ERISA Fiduciary Institute, September 12, 2023
- “Pension Plans Need Love, Too!” Thompson Hine SECURE 2.0 Deep Dive Webinar, September 2023
- Panelist, “Working With the PBGC,” CCA Annual Meeting, October 19, 2022
- “Controlled Group and Successor Liability for Defined Benefit Pension Plans: Best Practices and Potential Pitfalls,” February 9, 2022
- Panelist, “A Practical Guide to Dealing with PBGC Issues,” CCA Annual Meeting, October 27, 2021
- “A Challenge to Actuarial Assumptions in Defined Benefit Plans,” September 23, 2020
- “Furloughs and Layoffs: Pension and Health Plan Issues and Other Critical Legal Implications,” July 30, 2020
- “Controlled Group Liability and Successor Employer Rules after PBGC v. Findlay Industries Inc.,” March 4, 2020
- Panelist, “ERISA Litigation and Enforcement Trends,” CCA Annual Meeting, October 29, 2019
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Received a 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America recognition for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
Community Activities
- Pro bono representation of immigrants
Education
- University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 2009
- College of William and Mary, B.A., 2006,
summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Recent Decision Spotlights Coordination Between DOL and Plaintiffs’ Firms,
Employee Benefits Update
, December 5, 2024 - Pension Plan Sponsors Targeted in Pension Risk Transfer Lawsuits,
Benefits Law Journal
, September 23, 2024 - Yellow Is Seeing Red: Bankruptcy Court Invokes Loper Bright in Upholding PBGC Regulations,
Employee Benefits Update
, September 16, 2024 - District Court Blocks DOL Investment Advice Rule – For Now,
Employee Benefits Update
, July 26, 2024 - Business Law Update – July 2024,
Thompson Hine Newsletter
, July 9, 2024 - Pension Plan Sponsors Targeted in Pension Risk Transfer Lawsuits,
Business Law Update
, July 9, 2024 - The Fall of Chevron Could Mean Successful Challenges to Rulemaking and an Increase in Subregulatory Guidance,
Employee Benefits Update
, July 2, 2024 - U.S. Department of Labor Finalizes Major Changes to Its Fiduciary Investment Advice Rule,
Benefits Law Journal
, June 21, 2024 - U.S. DOL Finalizes Major Changes to its Fiduciary Investment Advice Rule,
Employee Benefits Update
, May 1, 2024 - AT&T and Lockheed Martin Face Class Actions Over Pension Risk Transfers to Athene,
Employee Benefits Update
, March 15, 2024