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McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices

444 WEST LAKE STREET
CHICAGO, IL 60606-0029
ILLINOIS
United States
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Mr Ted Becker

Work Department
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Position
Ted Becker is co-head of McDermott’s ERISA Litigation practice and a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. He focuses his practice on litigation under ERISA and related federal and state actions, and defense of government investigations and audits relating to employee benefit, health and welfare, and retirement plans brought by the US Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, and the US Department of Justice. He is a leading voice and nationally recognized practitioner in this complex practice area.
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Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
(Leading partners)McDermott Will & Emery LLP fields a dedicated team focused on the full spectrum of ERISA coverage, from expertise in handling ERISA and ESOP matters, to handling 410(k) and 403(b) class actions. In ESOP litigation, the team has litigated nationwide in claims against US Department of Labor investigations and Internal Revenue Service audits for a wide clientele, including institutional and individual ESOP trustees, ESOP companies and their directors, as well as investors in class actions. Situated in Chicago, Ted Becker co-heads the practice alongside Christian Nemeth, who splits time between Chicago and Miami, with Becker focused on ERISA litigation and defending clients in government investigations and audits related to employee benefit, health and welfare and retirement plans, while Nemeth is experienced in handling appeals before various circuits relating to ERISA litigation. New York-based Joshua Simon and Julian André in Los Angeles are key names.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- ERISA litigation United States > Labor and employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense