First Admitted: 1975, California

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:

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

Jeffrey Lewis