Ms Kathleen Cahill Slaught > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
560 MISSION STREET
SUITE 3100
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105-2930
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Work Department

Labor & Employment Department, ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation Practice Group; Employee Benefits Department, Welfare Benefits Practice.Labor & Employment Department, ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation Practice Group; Employee Benefits Department, Welfare Benefits Practice.

Position

Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP; lead trial attorney for class action and single-plaintiff ERISA litigation and arbitration matters; lead trial attorney for large healthcare fraud litigation matter; lead attorney representing Employer Trustees in Taft-Hartley litigation and arbitration matters.

Career

Co-Chair of the ERISA Litigation Practice Group; Board Member of the Seyfarth’s Charitable Foundation; Coach for Associate Coaching Program; Supervisor for Pro Bono matters; Member of the Women’s Affinity Group, Past member of the Lawyer Development Committee, and Office Marketing Committee; Past Chair of the San Francisco Office’s Charitable Foundation Committee, past Chair of the San Francisco Office’s Paralegal and Case Assistant Committee, and past co-Chair of the San Francisco Office’s hiring committee; Partner and mentor for Seyfarth’s Summer Fellow Program; Regular contributor to ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation Blog and Health Care Reform Management Alerts regarding the Affordable Care Act; Joined the Firm in 1996, Partner in 2001, Of Counsel/Senior Counsel in 2006, Partner 2014 to present.

Memberships

Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Foundation regular attendee.

Education

JD, George Washington University Law School (1993); BS, UC San Diego (1990).

Leisure

US Masters Swimmer, Board Member for Tidalwaves Swim Society and Marin Swim League

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > ERISA litigation

(Leading partners)

Kathleen Cahill Slaught – Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Noted for its ‘deep knowledge of ERISA litigation nationwide,’ the team at Seyfarth Shaw LLP covers a broad spectrum of ERISA and employee benefits litigation covering all stages from filing through trial and appeal. Lawyers benefit from its collaboration with the employee benefits department’s compliance experts in matters including representing employers in disputes with multi-employer Taft-Hartley plans. In Chicago, Ian Morrison focuses on representing Fortune 500 companies in ERISA cases, and is sought out by employers and plan service providers for defense of significant ERISA litigation. Kathleen Cahill Slaught, in San Francisco, acts as lead trial counsel in ERISA litigation, and has been active in ERISA bench trials in the Central District of California in 2024. Also in Chicago, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick counsels clients in employment and employee benefit best practices matters across the changing legal and cultural landscape surrounding the LGBT community, including transgender insurance benefit coverage and setting up protocols for a more gender-fluid workforce, as well as counselling on claims arising from transgender and LGBT employee benefits discrimination.