Employee Benefit Plans

Attorneys: Richard W. Gallagher David S. Russo

Accurate and effective management of pension and employee benefit plans is an integral part of a West Virginia employer’s overall labor relations and human resource program. ERISA and related statutes and regulations have converted what once was a simple and effective way to offer employees stability and security into a complicated web of financial, legal and fiduciary duties.

Like West Virginia’s employer community, Robinson & McElwee’s clientele is diverse, and we are routinely involved in handling a wide array of employee benefits issues for West Virginia employers ranging from small shops to multi-national corporations and their insurers. Our attorneys provide comprehensive legal advice, counseling and representation to West Virginia employers, plan administrators and fiduciaries, insurers and benefit plans involving the following issues:

Robinson & McElwee handles employee benefits litigation of varying degrees of complexity for employee benefit plans, some involving a single individual and others brought by a large class of plan participants. Whatever the size and complexity of a matter, at the forefront of all representation is a focus on the client’s objectives in that particular case, and the strategy that will provide it with maximum value and benefit. To accomplish those results we work toward a fully collaborative effort requiring early and ongoing dialogue between the client and the firm’s attorneys to determine the appropriate strategy in each matter in order to achieve the most efficient and cost-effective resolution. We have the ability to favorably resolve most cases efficiently prior to trial through an aggressive motion practice, and at trial to present cases in a clear, persuasive manner.

Please contact David S. Russo at dsr@ramlaw.com or 304-347-8350 for more information regarding our employee benefits practice group.