David Godofsky is a partner in the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, which was named “Law Firm of the Year” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® four times for ERISA Litigation and for Employee Benefits (ERISA). BTI Consulting named David a “Client Service All-Star” twice, for 2019 and 2022. David is also the chairman of the Firm’s Retirement and Insurance Committee. He has a multidisciplinary practice that is unique in the United States. His ability to integrate legal analysis with cost, funding, administration, and benefit design considerations is informed by his education and years of experience as an actuary and consultant. David is a member of a team of litigators who have represented several major employers in cutting-edge class action litigation and other “bet the company” litigation matters. He has represented clients before the Supreme Courts of Florida and Illinois, as well as U.S. district courts and state trial courts around the country.

David is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, an Enrolled Actuary, a former director of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, and former vice chairman of the Education & Examination Committee of the Society of Actuaries. He served as chairman of a task force of the Actuarial Standards Board, and currently serves on the program committee of the Enrolled Actuaries Conference. In response to his comment letters, the U.S. Department of the Treasury corrected an error in pension funding regulations and changed the rules for determining whether cash balance plans satisfy the backloading requirements.