2016 Top 20 Lawyers in Employee Benefits

Lawdragon’s Guide to The Most Powerful Employment Lawyers also features 20 top practitioners in the area of Employee Benefits and ERISA, presented below.

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Name	Law Firm	Location
Gregory C. Braden	Morgan Lewis	Washington, D.C.
Steven G. Eckhaus	McDermott Will	New York
Stephen W. Fackler	Gibson Dunn	Palo Alto
Robert C. Fleder	Paul, Weiss	New York
Gary M. Ford	Groom Law Group, Chartered	Washington, D.C.
Thomas S. Gigot	Groom Law Group, Chartered	Washington, D.C.
Paul M. Hamburger	Proskauer	Washington, D.C.
Eric W. Hilfers	Cravath	New York
D. Ward Kallstrom	Seyfarth Shaw	San Francisco
John F. McGuiness	Groom Law Group, Chartered	Washington, D.C.
Robert Newman	Covington & Burling	Washington, D.C.
Kevin O’Brien	Ivins Phillips	Washington, D.C.
Paul J. Ondrasik Jr.	Steptoe	Washington, D.C.
Nicholas J. Pappas	Weil	New York
Andrea S. Rattner	Proskauer	New York
Myron D. Rumeld	Proskauer	New York
Howard Shapiro	Proskauer	New Orleans
Richard C. Shea	Covington & Burling	Washington, D.C.
Charles R. Smith	K&L Gates	Pittsburgh
René E. Thorne	Jackson Lewis	New Orleans