S. Bradley Perkins > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile

S. Bradley Perkins

(415) 732-1159 [email protected]

Work Department

Labor & Employment Department; ERISA & Employee Benefits Practice Group

Career

Mr. Perkins focuses his practice in the areas of employee benefits fiduciary advice, litigation under the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and litigation involving fraudulent and abusive health care providers. He has represented clients in a wide range of ERISA matters in court and in arbitration, including complex class actions and single-plaintiff lawsuits. He has handled matters involving individual pension and welfare benefit claims, severance pay claims, executive compensation disputes, benefit discrimination, and claims regarding plan design and fiduciary responsibility. In the class action realm, he has defended various types of claims, including claims for benefits and claims for breach of fiduciary duty, including 401(k) fee and proprietary fund litigations.

Mr. Perkins is also a member of the Health Care Fraud & Provider Billing Litigation Specialty Team and has experience representing health care plans and payors in health care reimbursement and provider billing litigation involving claims under ERISA, RICO, and state law, including the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act.

Mr. Perkins serves as a contributing editor to Employee Benefits Law and its annual supplements, and he serves as a Management Co-Chair of the Subcommittee on Liability Issues Unique to Welfare Plans.

Education

J.D., Th George Washington Law School (2004), George Washington Scholar, The George Washington Law Review Senior Articles Editor, Dean’s Fellow; B.A., Duke University, cum laude (2001), graduated with Highest Distinction from the Religion Department