Ms Kathleen Cahill Slaught > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
Seyfarth Shaw LLP Offices
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105-2930
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Ms Kathleen Cahill Slaught
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 lawyers)With a ‘strong blend of legal and practical advice during the litigation process’, Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s ERISA practice has a broad range of experience, with specific expertise in multi-employer plans and trustees, and works closely with the firm’s employee benefits litigation group as well as compliance experts in the wider employee benefits department. The practice is led by Ian Morrison and Kathleen Cahill Slaught, based in Chicago and San Francisco respectively. Morrison focuses on retirement and welfare plan matters and frequently litigates cases on behalf of clients facing 401(k) class actions. Slaught is an experienced litigator and has handled several cases relating to the health care sector and its related plans. Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, in Chicago, is a key name to note in relation to employment and employee benefit plans surrounding the LGBTQ+ community, including transgender insurance benefit coverage and has experience defending claims of employee-benefits discrimination in this area. Also in Chicago is Ada Dolph who defends plan sponsors, fiduciaries and insurers in 401(k, stock drop and retiree medical class actions with particular focus on the retail, manufacturing and aviation sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- ERISA litigation United States > Labor and employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Government > Government contracts
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious