Overview
In 2004, when we decided to expand our already considerable ERISA and employee benefit capabilities, we brought in one of the finest ERISA litigation practices in the country. This New Orleans-based powerhouse group greatly enhanced what was already widely considered the premier practice of its kind, cementing our reputation as the nation’s leader and establishing us as home to one of the Big Easy’s most specialized and successful groups of practitioners.
Clients such as Bausch & Lomb, Fidelity, Foot Locker, Honeywell, McGraw Hill and Wachovia, among others, turn to us not just for our ERISA litigation, arbitration and mediation capabilities – from defending class actions to individual lawsuits in matters that include claims for benefits, breaches of fiduciary duty, actions challenging investment decisions and losses to executive compensation – but also our day-to-day counseling abilities in all things ERISA. As a result, Chambers USA ranks our practice in its top tier, calling us an "ERISA litigation juggernaut" and our lawyers’ breadth of knowledge "truly astounding."
Emblematic of our work is our success representing Electronic Data Systems in a significant stock drop class action brought by 85,000 employees and former employees. We constructed new legal theories that defeated class certification in the case, defenses that are now being asserted by defendants in stock drop actions across the country. For us, this kind of precedent-setting creativity is all in a day’s work.
In addition, we excel in traditional labor and employment representation, in the form of both counseling and litigation. These matters include Family and Medical Leave Act and related issues, hirings, layoffs and terminations, Fair Labor Standards Act and other wage and hour concerns, non-compete and discrimination matters.