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Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC

ERISA Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs

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Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC

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ERISA Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC is highly regarded for its representation of plaintiffs in ERISA class actions. The firm is regularly sought out to represent plan participants and beneficiaries in a range of ERISA claims including breach of fiduciary duty.
Strengths

The Cohen Milstein team is experienced, smart, attentive to detail and well-coordinated.

The Cohen Milstein group has deep knowledge of the law. It is a thoughtful, creative and tenacious group.

Cohen Milstein is an excellent plaintiff side ERISA law firm with highly experienced and responsive attorneys.

Work Highlights

Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC represented the class of ESOP participants which sued the owners of Western Global Airlines and the Trustee of an ESOP created to purchase the owners shares of the Company in 2020. The owners received a $510 million payout for selling their shares to the ESOP which put the Company’s valuation at $1.3 billion. The lawsuit alleged that this figure was considerably higher than its true value.

Notable practitioners
Michelle Yau

Michelle Yau is a highly-regarded litigator who is skilled in representing plaintiffs in ERISA class actions.

Michelle is creative and skilled.

Michelle is a crazy good litigator and her credentials are ridiculously good.

Michelle is a well-rounded, super experienced attorney. She has seen it all and is able to combine substantive knowledge of law with really sharp litigation instincts.

Michelle is an astute, strategic and hard-working attorney.

Michelle is smart and insightful, exceedingly hard-working and pleasant to deal with.


Kai H Richter

Based in Minneapolis, Kai Richter has a strong track record of representing pension and ESOP plan participants in complex ERISA class actions.

Kai is a hard-working, zealous advocate for his clients.


Daniel R Sutter

Daniel Sutter is based in the firm's Washington, DC office and assists on major ERISA class action cases nationwide.

Daniel is effective, smart and works tirelessly to negotiate settlements.

Daniel always takes the time to explain things and provide details that his clients can understand.

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