| Biography:
Russell Hirschhorn is a senior associate in Proskauer Rose’s Labor and Employment Law Department, where he specializes in both employee benefits and employment law. He has represented employers in a variety of industries, including entertainment, banking, consulting, construction, transportation, and insurance, as well as not-for-profit organizations.
Russell represents plan sponsors, plans, directed trustees, and fiduciaries in all phases of litigation, arbitration and mediation involving employee benefits, including class action and individual claims relating to ERISA's fiduciary duty and prohibited transaction provisions; denials of claims for benefits; severance plans; ERISA Section 510; retiree benefits; ERISA preemption of state law claims; plan investment losses; cash balance plan conversions; plan amendments or terminations; and employer contributions to multiemployer funds.
Russell also represents management in all phases of litigation involving employment-related matters, including claims of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. He also investigates and defends claims before federal, state, and local administrative agencies, as well as through private mediation.
In addition to litigation, Russell provides advice to clients on compliance with ERISA and other employment-related laws, reductions-in-force, and developing and implementing personnel policies and procedures.
Russell received The President’s Volunteer Service Award in connection with pro bono work he did for September Space, a community center founded after September 11th.
Russell is a Special Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law where he teaches a class on introduction to employee benefits law. Russell is a Chapter Editor of the Cumulative Supplements to Employee Benefits Law (BNA Second Edition 2000). In addition, he has co-authored several articles in the employee benefits and employment law fields.
Russell graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego and earned his law degree with honors from Hofstra University School of Law, where he was a Research Editor for the Hofstra Law Review. Russell is a member of the New York Bar and is admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York.
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