Christian Nemeth > McDermott Will & Emery LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices
444 WEST LAKE STREET
CHICAGO, IL 60606-0029
ILLINOIS
United States
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Christian Nemeth
Work Department
Trial
Position
J. Christian (Chris) Nemeth provides legal counsel on complex commercial litigation and government investigations, including ERISA matters, financial and banking cases, business torts and breach of contract actions. Chris is the co-head of the Firm’s ERISA Litigation practice and works closely with the Firm’s Employee Benefits Practice Group on all types of Litigation matters, Department of Labor investigations and similar issues.
Chris represents clients in courts at the state and federal levels across the country, and has successfully tried cases involving a wide range of matters. He also arbitrates cases in domestic and international forums.
Chris has extensive appellate experience as well. He has successfully appealed cases to the Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuits and to the Illinois Court of Appeals.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
McDermott Will & Emery LLP’s standalone ERISA litigation practice is experienced defending ERISA claims and has a particular focus in employee stock ownership plans, achieving several dismissals of actions relating to ESOP transactions and defending against Department of Labor investigations. The practice regularly assists fiduciaries across 401(k), pension and ESOP plans, and acts as counsel for the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC). The practice, led by Christian Nemeth and Ted Becker, based in Miami and Chicago respectively, works closely with the wider litigation and employee benefits teams to offer subject matter advice on a range of ERISA-related claims. Becker specializes in ESOP litigation as well as regulatory investigations, while Nemeth represents institutional and individual ERISA fiduciaries at both state and federal levels.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- 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
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- 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)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Government > Government contracts