Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Georgia
5 years ranked
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Georgia
5 years ranked
Provided by Holland & Knight LLP
ERISA Litigation | Litigation and Dispute Resolution | Executive Compensation and Benefits | Labor, Employment and Benefits | Labor and Employment Class Actions | ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) | Class Action Litigation and Arbitration | Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants
Todd D. Wozniak is a trial attorney and the leader of Holland & Knight's ERISA Litigation Team and Atlanta Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Wozniak defends companies, fiduciaries and public institutions throughout the United States in Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), labor and employment, and business disputes.
Mr. Wozniak is also experienced in wage-and-hour litigation, state and federal whistleblower statutes, non-discrimination laws, plant closing and mass layoff laws, collective bargaining and traditional labor relations, executive contracts and compensation, non-compete and trade secrets litigation, and partnership/business disputes. During his career, Mr. Wozniak has defended dozens of class or collective actions and tried more than 40 cases or arbitrations to verdict.
In addition, Mr. Wozniak is a frequent lecturer and writer on a wide range of ESOP, employee benefits, employment and business-related issues, including ERISA compliance and preemption, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) audits and investigations, protecting trade secrets, implementing reductions-in-force, pre-dispute arbitration agreements and programs, class action defense, eDiscovery, and wage-and-hour compliance.
National Center for Employee Ownership; ESOP Association; Advisory Board for Employment and ERISA, Strafford Publications; American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia, Litigation and Labor and Employment Sections; Atlanta Bar Association.
JD, cum laude, University of Michigan Law School (1994); AB, summa cum laude, Duke University (1990).
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Todd Wozniak is well respected for his work in ERISA litigation and specialises in defending fiduciaries of ESOPs in class action cases.
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Todd Wozniak is a great strategic thinker, understands the lay of the land and really brings a kind of 360-degree view for how to set up the case.
Todd is excellent; very responsive and always brings a practical and commercial approach.
Todd is easy to work with and excellent at what he does from a litigation standpoint.
Todd understands what drives corporate decision-making and his advice facilitates that process in a concrete and actionable way.
Todd provides a superior service to clients.
Todd is a very good client advocate.
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