Tulio D. Chirinos is an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department and a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group and the Workplace Investigations Practice Group.
Tulio works on a wide variety of ERISA and non-ERISA plan litigation matters, including fee and investment litigation cases, breach of fiduciary duty claims and benefits claims. He also represents management in workplace investigations and litigation of employment-related matters, including claims of unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Tulio focuses his pro bono efforts on immigration matters where he has represented several juveniles from Central America in their asylum petitions and special immigrant juvenile status (SIJ) petitions.
Tulio is the author of several ERISA-related articles, including several focusing on ERISA fee and investment litigation that appeared in the Benefits Law Journal (2016-2023), Bloomberg BNA, and Law360. He is a contributing author to Chapter 10 (Fiduciary Responsibility) of BNA’s Employee Benefits Law treatise. He is also the co-editor and a frequent contributor to Proskauer’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Blog.
Prior to joining Proskauer, Tulio clerked for the Federal Public Defender’s office for the Middle District of Florida. Tulio is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Army National Guard and served three tours of duty in Iraq, Kuwait, and Jordan.
Education
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University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D.
magna cum laude
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University of Mississippi, B.B.A.
cum laude
Admissions & Qualifications
- Florida
- Louisiana
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Louisiana, Western District
- U.S. District Court, Louisiana, Eastern District
- U.S. District Court, Florida, Middle District
- U.S. District Court, Florida, Southern District
Awards & Recognition
Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2021-2023
Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star 2021
Government Service
- U.S. Department of Defense, United States Army National Guard, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.), 2001-2022