Widely recognized as one of the country’s premier ERISA litigators, Paul Ondrasik has served as lead counsel in numerous ERISA class actions and individual cases throughout the United States involving employer stock, 401(k) plan fees, and other plan investment matters, fiduciary responsibility, corporate transactions, and preemption. With more than 40 years of experience in the employee benefit plan field, Paul combines proven trial litigation skills and a technical background in ERISA law. He has received first tier rankings from both Chambers USA and The Legal 500 US every year those publications have rated lawyers in the area of national ERISA litigation, and in 2017 he was recognized by The Legal 500 as an inaugural member of its Hall of Fame. In 2018, Super Lawyers listed him as one of Washington, DC’s Top 10 attorneys for the fourth consecutive year. And, just recently, he was named Washington, DC’s 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” for ERISA Litigation by Best Lawyers in America, a distinction he has enjoyed three times in the last decade. He serves as co-head of Steptoe’s ERISA, Labor & Employment Group.
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Widely recognized as one of the country’s premier ERISA litigators, Paul Ondrasik has served as lead counsel in numerous ERISA class actions and individual cases throughout the United States involving employer stock, 401(k) plan fees, and other plan investment matters, fiduciary responsibility, corporate transactions, and preemption. With more than 40 years of experience in the employee benefit plan field, Paul combines proven trial litigation skills and a technical background in ERISA law. He has received first tier rankings from both Chambers USA and The Legal 500 US every year those publications have rated lawyers in the area of national ERISA litigation, and in 2017 he was recognized by The Legal 500 as an inaugural member of its Hall of Fame. In 2018, Super Lawyers listed him as one of Washington, DC’s Top 10 attorneys for the fourth consecutive year. And, just recently, he was named Washington, DC’s 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” for ERISA Litigation by Best Lawyers in America, a distinction he has enjoyed three times in the last decade. He serves as co-head of Steptoe’s ERISA, Labor & Employment Group.
ALL-STAR BIOGRAPHY
Widely recognized as one of the country’s premier ERISA litigators, Paul Ondrasik has served as lead counsel in numerous ERISA class actions and individual cases throughout the United States involving employer stock, 401(k) plan fees, and other plan investment matters, fiduciary responsibility, corporate transactions, and preemption. With more than 40 years of experience in the employee benefit plan field, Paul combines proven trial litigation skills and a technical background in ERISA law. He has received first tier rankings from both Chambers USA and The Legal 500 US every year those publications have rated lawyers in the area of national ERISA litigation, and in 2017 he was recognized by The Legal 500 as an inaugural member of its Hall of Fame. In 2018, Super Lawyers listed him as one of Washington, DC’s Top 10 attorneys for the fourth consecutive year. And, just recently, he was named Washington, DC’s 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” for ERISA Litigation by Best Lawyers in America, a distinction he has enjoyed three times in the last decade. He serves as co-head of Steptoe’s ERISA, Labor & Employment Group.