Kathleen C.Slaught

Kathleen counsels compensation and benefit committees and Human Resources management regarding fiduciary duties, the administration of benefit plans, new health care laws, and deferred compensation legislation. She has handled a wide range of ERISA matters in court and in arbitration, including individual pension and welfare benefit claims, severance pay claims, executive compensation disputes, class action claims regarding plan design, and class action claims regarding plan administration and fiduciary responsibility. She represents both employer and Taft-Hartley Fund interests in arbitrations over plan benefits. She has represented employer trustees in federal court when sued for breach of fiduciary duty. She also has extensive experience representing insurance companies that act as claims administrators in defending suits brought by medical providers for failure to pay billed charges. She has also successfully litigated a case involving the California Insurance Fraud Prevention Act against an out-of-network surgery center recovering millions for a plan.