Our Retirement Benefits Attorneys
Lawyers Who Fight for Your Lost Pension or Retirement Benefits
As forward-thinking litigators, our pension and retirement benefits attorneys pursue individual claims or class-action lawsuits for hundreds of aggrieved employees and retirees nationwide. Our attorneys work tirelessly to fight for clients when they have been unfairly denied their company pension and other benefits, or when their plans have been mismanaged.
Kantor & Kantor’s attorneys in the firm’s Retirement Benefits Practice Group have unsurpassed decades of experience in the field of pension and employee benefits. We are passionate about the work we do to protect the hard-earned retirement savings and other benefits of employees and retirees.
Our ERISA lawyers have detailed knowledge of not only the complex laws surrounding ERISA claims but also case law.
Our Kantor & Kantor attorneys help you stay current with ERISA litigation and law. Read our ERISA Watch newsletter.
Types of Cases We Handle When Clients Lost Pension or Retirement Benefits
We have filed cases against companies, plan fiduciaries, and investment managers and other service providers nationwide.
The cases we handle include:
- Employee 401(k) plans
- Employee 403(b) plans
- Traditional pension plans
- Church plans
- Other retirement benefits
In addition to a busy class-action practice, our Kantor & Kantor retirement benefits attorneys also bring claims and lawsuits on behalf of individuals who have not received the retirement benefits they were promised.
Our clients have positive reviews of our services, knowing we represented them to the very best of our abilities. We remain committed to bringing our knowledge, skills, and experience to fight on behalf of all our clients.
Undaunted in Our Commitment
Whether the defendants are companies, plan fiduciaries, or investment managers and other service providers, we will aggressively pursue the case. Our pension benefits lawyers are steadfast in our commitment to represent our clients skillfully and compassionately.
Get to know our Kantor & Kantor team. Learn more about some of the attorneys in our Retirement Benefits Practice Group: Susan Meter.
Our Retirement Benefits Attorneys Also Have Extensive Experience Litigating in Federal Appellate Courts and in the U.S. Supreme Court
We are prepared to argue cases at every level, including bringing cases to the Supreme Court.
We filed a petition for writ of certiorari in Metzgar v. U.A. Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 22 Pension Fund, an important case from Western New York concerning the ability of plan trustees to cut back pension benefits through a “reinterpretation” of plan terms. Our pension benefits attorneys have filed friend-of-the-court (amicus curiae) briefs on pension and other ERISA issues in the Supreme Court and elsewhere in cases such as Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma and Thole v. U.S. Bank N.A.
Sample Briefs Submitted by Kantor & Kantor to the Supreme Court
- Read the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in Metzgar
- Read the Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of the Pension Rights Center in Sulyma
- Read the Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of the Pension Rights Center in Thole
Examples of Current Cases Handled by Our Pension Lawyers
Learn about our litigation and updates on current cases.
- AME Church Plan Litigation
- DuPont/Corteva Early Retirement Case
- United Airlines Lawsuit
- DuPont Family Pension Plan Litigation
- Northrop Grumman Pension Litigation
How Our Pension Benefits Lawyers Can Help You
Turn to Kantor & Kantor to Fight for Your Pension and Retirement Benefits
Legal issues resulting from ERISA are quite complex and require legal expertise. Our pension lawyers have many decades of experience, including at the federal Department of Labor, and an in-depth understanding of ERISA and state and federal laws regulating retirement benefits.
Our Retirement and pension lawyers at Kantor & Kantor take on corporations and fiduciaries nationwide.
If your employer or plan administrator denied you retirement or pension benefits, mismanaged your retirement savings or reduced the amount payable to you, contact us at 818-886-2525. Our pension attorneys may be able to help you recover the money owed. We have the skills, tenacity, and experience to handle retirement benefits claims.
Attorney Susan L. Meter
Susan Meter is a partner at Kantor & Kantor and an ERISA plaintiffs’ litigator. She has a wide range of experience with pensions and other employee benefit plans. Susan has appeared before numerous federal and appellate courts and recovered millions of dollars for plan participants. Over the past several years, she has focused on class action ERISA lawsuits. [Attorney Bio]
