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Seyfarth Shaw LLP Offices

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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CHICAGO, IL 60606 - 6448
ILLINOIS
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Mr Ian Morrison

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(312) 460-5830 imorrison@seyfarth.com

Work Department

Labor and Employment Department; ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation Practice Group (Co-Chair).

Position

Ian Morrison has extensive experience representing employers, employee benefit plans, and fiduciaries in a broad range of ERISA and employee benefits litigation. He has successfully handled numerous high-stakes ERISA class actions for Fortune 500 companies, complex individual claims, and well as complex nationwide portfolios of litigation. Many of his ERISA cases have resulted in leading and often-cited court decisions. Ian has handled a wide range of ERISA matter through trial and appeal including individual pension and welfare benefit claims, severance pay claims, executive compensation disputes, class action claims regarding plan design, and class action claims regarding plan administration and fiduciary responsibility.

Career

After a federal judicial clerkship, Ian joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP in 1997. Ian became a partner in the firm in 2003 and was subsequently appointed Co-Chair of the firm’s ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation Practice Group.

Memberships

Ian is an active member of the ABA’s Employee Benefits Committee (EBC). He has served as Co-Chair of two of its subcommittees and is a regular speaker at EBC events. Ian also is a contributing author and Co-Chair of the Board of Senior Editors of the BNA treatise Employee Benefits Law.  In addition, Ian regularly writes on ERISA litigation topics in other publications, and frequently comments in trade publications on ERISA litigation developments.

Education

JD, Washington University in St. Louis (1995); BA, University of Chicago (1992).

Leisure

When he isn’t practicing law, Ian spends time training for triathlons, traveling, and enjoying the arts.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > ERISA litigation

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Ian Morrison – Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP is distinguished for representing major insurers, healthcare providers and financial services companies, and is currently expanding into the East Coast. Working closely with employee benefits department, the team deals with complex ERISA cases often involving 401 (k) fees class actions, putative actions and employee benefits disputes. The team is co-led by Kathleen Cahill Slaught in San Francisco, a noted specialist in high stakes ERISA litigation with an impressive client portfolio. The other co-lead is Ian Morrison, who operates from the Chicago office, and represents employers, employee benefit plans and fiduciaries across the full spectrum of litigation. Also, in the Chicago office, Ada Dolph specializes in 401(k) fee, retiree medical and “stock drop” class action litigation alongside Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, who focuses on benefits-related litigation particularly as it relates to gender equity. In New York, Amanda Genovese, who joined the firm from Troutman Pepper as a partner in 2023, defends major companies involving ERISA benefit and fiduciary claims as well as advising clients on the Mental Health Parity Act and Medicaid programs.

 

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