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Address
120 Montgomery Street, 23rd Floor
San Francisco, California 94104 (San Francisco Co.)
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(Main Office) Trucker Huss concentrates its practice in the fields of ERISA, employee benefits, executive compensation and related litigation. The firm represents private and public employers and employee benefit plans, including retirement and health and welfare benefit plans. The firm is also general counsel to boards of trustees with representatives of both labor and management, but the firm does not represent either labor or management in collective bargaining. The firm's legal representation includes plan selection, design and drafting, qualification of plans with the Internal Revenue Service, counseling on fiduciary responsibility matters and plan administration issues, interpretation and application of plan and statutory provisions, preparation of summary plan descriptions, plan amendments, plan terminations, ERISA litigation and representation in Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor audits and investigations. The firm advises employers and executives on equity compensation, deferred compensation and other aspects of executive compensation. The firm's services also include advising on ERISA issues in mergers and acquisitions and the counseling and representation of employee benefit actuarial, consulting and administrative firms. The firm prepares defined benefit, money purchase pension, profit sharing, 401(k), 403(b), ESOP and other qualified retirement plans for its clients and serves as ongoing ERISA counsel for numerous employers, unions and Taft-Hartley funds. The firm also prepares and provides ongoing services in connection with cafeteria and other health and welfare plans, and HIPAA compliance and stock options for employers in a wide array of business disciplines. Statement of PracticeEmployee Benefits, ERISA and Related Litigation, Pension and Profit Sharing Plans, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Defined Executive Compensation, Public Sector Employee Benefits, Labor-Management Trust Funds, Health and Welfare Benefit Plans. Year Established: 1980
Firm Size: 22
Representative Clients:ABM Industries, Inc.
Administrative Office of the Courts of California
Alameda County Fire Department
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
Alliance Federal Credit Union
Bank of the West
California Academy of Sciences
California Bank and Trust
California Correctional Peace Officers Association Benefit Trust Fund, Legal Defense Fund and Retirement Plans
California State Law Enforcement Association Legal Defense Fund
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Chevron Corporation
Cisco Systems, Inc.
The Clorox Company
Comerica Bank
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Dreyers Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
Electronic Arts
Exchange Bank
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
First Security Van Kaspar
Franklin Templeton
Fresno Sheriffs and Sergeants' Association Insurance/Benefits Trust Fund
A.L. Gilbert Co.
Golden Gate University
Herrick Corp.
Intuit
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Kinecta Credit Union
KQED
Lumber Industry Pension Fund
Marine Firemen's Union Benefit Plans
Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc.
McKesson Corp.
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Hotel & Restaurant Workers' Health and Pension Trust
Nibbi Brothers
Nikon Precision, Inc.
Oakland Unified School District Supplemental Annuity Plan
Odwalla, Inc.
Oracle Corporation
Premier America Credit Union
Safeway Inc.
San Jose Police Officers' Association Insurance and Benefits Trust Fund and Legal Defense Fund
San Francisco Police Officers' Association Legal Defense Fund
San Francisco Sausage Co.
Seafarers International Union (SIU) Pacific District Benefit Plans
Sega of America Dreamcast, Inc.
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Teamsters/CPI Joint Benefit Trust
Town of Danville
Union Bank of California
United Way of the Bay Area
University of San Francisco
URS Corp.
Ventura County Professional Firefighters Association
WCIW-TOC Pension & Health & Welfare Funds
Washington Health Services District
Wells Fargo Bank
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Rate InformationFixed Hourly Rates
Address120 Montgomery Street, 23rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104, (San Francisco Co.)
PhonePhone: 415-788-3111
Facsimile: 415-421-2017
Websitehttp://www.truckerhuss.com
Office HoursMonday: 09:00 AM - 05:15 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:15 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:15 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:15 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:15 PM
Lee A. Trucker (Member) born New Brunswick, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1966, New Jersey; 1977, California. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1963; LL.B., cum laude, 1966). Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1966. Listed: Best Attorneys in America, 2007; Number One ERISA Attorney for San Francisco Bay Area, RECORDER, 2003. Named, Northern California "Super Lawyer," 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Speaker of Law, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Western Pension and Benefits Conference, American Bar Association, State Bar of California and Practicing Law Institute. Articles published include: "Pension Portability," International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 1990; "Requests for Plan Information," Western Pension and Benefits Conference, Annual Meeting, 1996. Speaker: "IRS Audits,: International Foundation, 2000; "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996," Northern California Benefits Council; "Legal Issues of Participant Directed Investing," International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 1997; "Legal Issues in Covering Less Than Full Time Employees," International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 1999; "ERISA Preemption," American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Section, 2000; "ERISA 101, the Structure and Substance," Western Pension and Benefits Conference, 2001; "Succession Planning for Trustees," International Foundation, 2001; "Employee Benefits for Small Corporations," Lorman, 2002; "Pension Reform," Western Pension and Benefits Conference Annual Meeting, 2003; "The Reemergence of Employer Withdrawal Liability," International Foundation, 2003; "Alternative Investments and Fiduciary Responsibility", International Foundation, 2004; "Principals of Withdrawal Liability", International Foundation, 2006. Chair, Employee Benefits Committee of State Bar, 1995-1996. President, Western Pension and Benefits Conference, 1999-2001. Member, Lawyers Committee of International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association (President, Employee Benefits Committee). Fellow: American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. (Managing Partner). Practice Areas: Pension and Profit Sharing Law; ERISA; Labor-Management Trust Funds Law; Governmental Plans.Email: Lee A. Trucker
R. Bradford Huss (Member) born Greenwich, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1976, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1980, U.S. Tax Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1995, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1973); Columbia University and Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1976). Speaker of Law: Western Pension and Benefits Conference; National Institute of Pension Professionals and Administrators; American Society of Pension Actuaries; American Bar Association; State Bar of California. President, San Francisco Chapter, Western Pension and Benefits Conference, 1993-1995. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; American Bar Association; American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (Co-Chair, Government Affairs Committee). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; ERISA Litigation; Pension and Profit Sharing Law.Email: R. Bradford Huss
Charles A. Storke (Member) born Santa Barbara, California; admitted to bar, 1971, California. Education: Yale University and University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1967); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1970). Order of the Coif. Editor in Chief, Hastings Law Journal, 1969-1970. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Fellow: American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; Labor Management Trusts Fund Law.Email: Charles A. Storke
Benjamin F. Spater (Member) born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1992, California. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., 1985); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1991); New York University School of Law (LL.M., 1992). Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law, LL.M. Tax Program. Member, Western Pension and Benefits Conference. Member of the Board, Society of Financial Service Providers. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Former Chair, Pension and Benefits Committee); State Bar of California; American Bar Association; National Institute of Pension Administrators (Former President Bay Area Chapter); American Society of Pension Actuaries. Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits; Taxation.Email: Benjamin F. Spater
Deborah Judith Wiener (Member) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1971, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.S., 1966); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1970). Member, Hastings Law Journal, 1968-1970. Chapter Editor: ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, "Employee Benefits Law," BNA Books. Speaker, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee; Past Co-chair, Welfare Plans Sub-Committee and Public Employee Plans Sub-Committee); International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans; California Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Employee Welfare Plans; Legal Defense Funds; Taft-Hartley Plans; Plan Administration; Employee Benefits; ERISA.Email: Deborah Judith Wiener
Julie Burbank Coleman (Member) born San Mateo, California; admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: San Francisco State University (B.S., 1988); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member, American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries and Western Pension and Benefits Conference. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Contra Costa County Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on Tax Law and Health Law); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits; Section 125 Cafeteria Plans; Health and Welfare Benefits; COBRA; HIPAA; USERRA; Domestic Partner Benefits; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 401(k) Plans; Qualified Retirement Plans; California Voluntary Disability Plans; Represents clients in Department of Labor investigations.Email: Julie Burbank Coleman
Ronald J. Triche (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana; 2000, California. Education: McNeese State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1991); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Speaker: Impact of Same-Sex Marriage Issues on ERISA Plans, Western Pension and Benefit Conference; Selected Current Fiduciary Issues Under ERISA, AICPA National Conference on Employee Benefit Plans; Handling DOL Audits and Issues Related to Payment of Expense with Plan Assets, Barrister's Club of the Bar Association of San Francisco; Legislative Update for Retirement Plans, Northern California Chapter of ISCEBS; Overview of President Bush's Proposed Retirement System Changes; UBS; Fiduciary Issues for Plan Sponsors, Merrill Lynch; Tax Issues and Planning Considerations in California for Closely Held Corporations, Lorman Education Services; Retirement Plans and ESOPs Overview, CPA Law Forum; QDIA and Automatic Contribution Arrangements & Regulations, Western Pension & Benefits Conference; Mergers and Acquisitions - A Plan Sponsor's Perspective, Western Benefits Conference. Article Author: "IRS Allows One-Time Adjustment in Substantially Equal Early Distributions," TIPS Employee Benefits Newsletter and ASPPA ASAP. Member: State Bar of California; Bar Association of San Francisco; Louisiana State, and American (Member, Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations; Western Pension and Benefits Conference, San Francisco Chapter (Board Member, 2004). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits.Email: Ronald J. Triche
Mary E. Powell (Member) born Portland, Oregon; admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: Willamette University (B.A., 1993); Golden Gate University (J.D., with honors, 1996); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Taxation, with distinction, Certificate in Employee Benefits, 1999). Member, National Institute of Pension Administrators. Member, Western Pension and Benefits Conference. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA.Email: Mary E. Powell
Robert F. Schwartz (Member) born Los Angeles, California; admitted to bar, 1995, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2003, California, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; California Supreme Court; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Rice University (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Columbia University (M.I.A., 1985); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Member: State Bar of California; Massachusetts Bar Association. Languages: German and Spanish. Practice Areas: ERISA Litigation and Compliance; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation.Email: Robert F. Schwartz
Kevin E. Nolt (Member) born San, Jose, California; admitted to bar, 1996, California. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., 1991); Golden Gate University (J.D., 1995); Georgetown University Law Center (L.L.M., Labor and Employment Law, Certificate in Employee Benefits, 1996). Member, Western Pension and Benefits Conference, 2004. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits.
Tiffany N. Santos (Member) born San Francisco, California; admitted to bar, 1999, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1996); University of San Francisco Law School (J.D., 1999). Board Member, Society of Financial Service Providers. Member, Western Pension and Benefits Conference. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area. Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits; Health Benefits; COBRA; HIPAA; Flexible Benefit Plans.Email: Tiffany N. Santos
Clarissa A. Kang (Member) born Denver, Colorado; admitted to bar, 1999, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 2000, California; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1995); University of Virginia (J.D., 1999). Member, Western Pension and Benefits Conference, 2003. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA Litigation.Email: Clarissa A. Kang
——————————Elizabeth Lee Loh (Associate) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., 1995); Santa Clara University (J.D., 1999; M.B.A., 2001); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Tax, Certificate in Employee Benefits, 2004). Member: State Bar of California; Asian American Bar Association. Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits.Email: Elizabeth Lee Loh
Matthew L. Gouaux (Associate) born St. Petersburg, Florida; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: California State University, Stanislaus (B.A., summa cum laude, Economics, 2003); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 2006). Traynor Honor Society. Member: Western Pension and Benefits Conference (Committee Member, San Francisco Chapter Membership Committee); National Institute of Pension Administrators (Board Member, Board of Directors for San Francisco Bay Area Chapter). Member: State Bar of California; Bar Association of San Francisco (Co-Chair, Taxation Section of Barristers Club); American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section and Labor and Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Taxation; Qualified Retirement Plans.Email: Matthew L. Gouaux
Virginia H. Perkins (Associate) born Torrance, California; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1997); New York University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Order of the Coif.Email: Virginia H. Perkins
Jennifer D. Brooks (Associate) admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: Scripps College (B.A., 1993); Seattle University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Western Pension Benefits Conference; Bar Association of San Francisco; American Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits.Email: Jennifer D. Brooks
Marc J. Fosse (Associate) born Provo, Utah; admitted to bar, 1996, California; 2000, Virginia. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1992); University of Wyoming College of Law (J.D., 1996); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 2000). Member, Moot Court Board. Associate Editor, Land and Water Law Review, University of Wyoming College of Law, 1995-1996. Fellow Teaching, University of Wyoming College of Law, 1994-1995. University of Wyoming College of Law. Formerly with Hunton & Williams, LLP and Pillsbury Winthrop, LLP. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Executive Compensation; Employee Benefits.
Michelle L. Schuller (Associate) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota; admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A., 1999); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Western Pension and Benefits Conference. Practice Areas: ERISA; Multi-Employer Benefits; Multi-Employer Pensions; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; Civil Litigation.Email: Michelle L. Schuller
Jennifer B. Chung (Associate) born Phnom Penh, Cambodia; admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1995); University of San Francisco (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Western Pension and Benefits Conference. Languages: Cantonese. Practice Areas: ERISA.Email: Jennifer B. Chung
SPECIAL COUNSELBarbara P. Pletcher (Special Counsel) admitted to bar, 1984, California. Education: Smith College (B.A., 1967); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1984). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member, Section of Taxation, Committee on Employee Benefits, Western Pension and Benefits Conference). Practice Areas: Employee Compensation; Employee Benefits Law.
Barbara B. Creed (Special Counsel) born Detroit, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1969, Maryland; 1970, California. Education: Wellesley College (A.B., with honors, 1966); Boston University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1969). Editor, Boston University Law Review, 1967-1969. Author, "ERISA Compliance: Reporting and Disclosure." Lecturer, Employee Benefits, American Law Institute, American Bar Association, Practising Law Institute, Western Pension & Benefits Conference, Tax Executives Institute and International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Listed, Best Lawyers in America; Named a Northern California "Super Lawyer", 2004-2008. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; Western Pension & Benefits Conference (President, San Francisco Chapter, 1981-1983; President, Joint Council of Presidents, 1982-1983); American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (Charter Member); Episcopal Church Pension Fund (Trustee, 2002). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation; ERISA; Employee Stock Ownership Plans; Flexible Benefit Plans; Health Benefits; 401(k) Plans; Qualified Retirement Plans; Employee Benefit Plans.Email: Barbara B. Creed
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