Gregory Porter

Greg Porter is the Practice Group Leader of Bailey Glasser's national ERISA Practice Group, which is nationally ranked with Chambers & Partners.

Mr. Porter has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of employees who lost retirement savings in 401(k) plans and ESOPs. and is a national leader in this arena.

Mr. Porter has extensive trial and class action experience in complex pension, 401(k) plan, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOPs) lawsuits in federal court. Greg has led the firm’s ERISA and trust practice to major trial and appellate victories, including seminal decisions in the Seventh and Fourth Circuit Courts of Appeal and a $30 million trial judgment that broke new ground for ESOPs. With co-counsel, the firm’s ERISA practice won a 9-0 decision in the Supreme Court, Intel Corp v. Sulyma, that established key statute of limitations rights for employees in ERISA cases.

Mr. Porter has also developed techniques for successfully investigating and prosecuting complex lawsuits involving business valuation, securities lending, hedge funds, and private equity. He is a skilled appellate advocate who has argued appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Sixth and Eighth Circuits.

In addition to his Chambers rankings, Mr. Porter has been recognized as a Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers (2024) and Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - ERISA and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Washington, D.C. (2022 - 2025).

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

University of Massachusetts Amherst

B.A.