Jeffrey Lewis
Top rated Employee Benefits attorney in Oakland, California
Practice Areas:
Employee benefits,
Employment & labor
Education Qualification:
University of California Berkeley School of Law
Practice Areas:
Employee benefits,
Employment & labor
suite 1380 180 Suite 1380Oakland, California, 94612
First Admitted: 1975, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.krcomplexlit.com/attorney/jeffrey-lewis/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- U.S. District Court of Colorado, 2015
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2018
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 2007
- Elected as a charter fellow of the College of Employee Benefits Counsel, Board of Governors
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1976
- Goodyear Retiree Health Care Trust, Member of the Plan Committee
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 2005
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1999
- California Supreme Court, 1976
- AC Transit Retirement Board, Chair, Board of Trustees
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 1991
- Supreme Court of the United States, 1995
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 2004
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1981
- California, 1975
- American Bar Association, Member, Labor & Employment Section, Former Plaintiff Co-Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, 1985
Representative Clients:
- Mertens v. Kaiser Steel Retirement Plan, 829 F. Supp. 1158 (N.D. Cal. 1992), 1992
- Canseco v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust, 93 F.3d 600 (9th Cir. 1996), 1996
- Vivien v. Worldcom, Inc., 2002 WL 31640557 (N.D. Cal. July 26, 2002), 2002
- Dobson v. Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., 389 F. 3d 386 (2d Cir. 2004), 2004
- Trotter v. Perdue Farms, Inc., 168 F. Supp. 2d 277 (D. Del. 2001), 2001
- Tatum v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 392 F.3d 636 (4th Cir. 2004), 2004
- Sonoma County Ass’n of Retired Employees v. Sonoma County, 708 F.3d 1109 (9th Cir. 2013), 2013
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Jeffrey Lewis serves on a volunteer basis as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the AC Transit Employees Retirement Plan.
Honors/Awards:
- Top attorney for ERISA plaintiffs in the San Francisco Bay Area., Recorder Newspaper, 2003
- Named as one of the top 40 employee benefits attorneys in the U.S., National Law Journal, 1998
- Top 100 Lawyers in Northern California, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2016
Educational Background:
- Yale University – B.A., 1970, 1970
- U.C. Berkeley School of Law, J.D., 1975, 1975
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Frequent speaker on ERISA topics such as preemption, fiduciary duty, and benefit claims at seminars sponsored by the American Bar Association, the Bureau of National Affairs, the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), and other organizations., Speaker
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