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Richard C Shea

Richard C Shea

USA 2026

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Covington & Burling LLP
 Covington & Burling LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

District of Columbia

20 years ranked

About

Provided by Covington & Burling LLP

USA

Practice Areas

Richard Shea chairs Covington’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice. He is regarded as one of the nation’s leading thinkers on employee benefits law and policy. He specializes in guiding clients successfully through high-stakes legislative, rulemaking, litigation, audit, benefit design, and transactional challenges, typically involving hundreds of millions/billions of dollars.

Career

Associate Benefits Tax Counsel, Treasury Department, 1989-91; Judicial Clerk, Hon. Carl McGowan, US Court of Appeals (DC Circuit), 1983-84.

Personal

University of Virginia School of Law, JD, 1983 (Executive Editor, Virginia Law Review); Fulbright Fellow, Universidad Católica del Perú, 1976-77; Amherst College, AB, magna cum laude, 1976.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - District of Columbia

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Richard Shea assists clients with high-level employee benefits and compensation issues.
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Strengths

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  • Richard has an encyclopedic knowledge of the law and sees the big picture and has very high levels of integrity.

    Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationChambers Guide to the USA

  • Richard is a true trusted adviser and is first-rate in all regards.

    Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationChambers Guide to the USA

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