Overview
Daily, we work alongside the people entrusted to protect the retirement benefits, and assets to pay those benefits, of employees of public, private and non-profit pension funds. We leverage decades of experience in the retirement, health and welfare and institutional investor plan sector to offer thoughtful, nuanced and independent advice on the legal and business issues affecting plans and their members.
Our accomplished team provides comprehensive legal services to retirement plans throughout the country. Clients turn to us for investments, fiduciary, governance, benefits, tax-compliance and, as applicable, plan design counsel. When disputes arise, we represent retirement systems and their boards in litigation.
We are proud of our unique expertise in this important industry. We strive to serve our retirement plan clients with the same zeal they serve the members and beneficiaries of their plans.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
(In alphabetical order)
- Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association
- California Public Employees’ Retirement System
- California State Teachers’ Retirement System
- Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund
- City of Fresno Retirement Systems
- Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association
- Delaware Public Employees’ Retirement System
- Fort Worth Employees’ Retirement System
- Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
- Imperial County Employees’ Retirement System
- Kern County Employees Retirement Association
- Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System
- Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement Association
- Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions
- Los Angeles Water and Power Employees’ Retirement Plan
- Marin County Employees’ Retirement Association
- Maryland State Retirement and Pension System
- Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board
- Merced County Employees’ Retirement Association
- New Mexico State Investment Council
- New York State Common Retirement Fund
- New York State Teachers’ Retirement System
- Office of the Treasurer, State of Connecticut
- Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund
- Orange County Employees Retirement System
- Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System
- San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association
- San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System
- San Diego County Employees’ Retirement System
- San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System
- San Jose Police and Fire Department Retirement Plan
- San Luis Obispo County Pension Trust
- Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Association
- State of Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System
- State of Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund
- Texas Education Agency
- Texas Municipal Retirement System
- Texas Teachers’ Retirement System
- The Regents of the University of California
- Tulare County Employees’ Retirement Association
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