Jeffrey Lewis
Jeffrey Lewis is a shareholder and founding partner of the firm and has specialized in employee benefits law since 1975.
In addition to his litigation and advisory activities throughout the U.S., Mr. Lewis serves as a mediator for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and privately.
He is Co-Chair of the Board of Senior Editors of Employee Benefits Law (2d ed. BNA) and is the editor of the “Discrimination Claims Under ERISA” chapter of Employee Rights Litigation: Pleading and Practice (Matthew Bender, 1991). Mr. Lewis has served as Plaintiff Co-Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the Labor and Employment Section of The American Bar Association. He has testified before Congressional committees regarding pension issues.
The May 25, 1998 issue of The National Law Journal named him as one of the top benefits attorneys in its nationwide survey of “Who’s Who in Employment Benefits Law.” He was among 40 attorneys so recognized by the Journal’s survey.
In November 2003, The Recorder newspaper named him as the top attorney for ERISA plaintiffs in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Lewis has been named a “Northern California Super Lawyer” in the Employee Benefits ERISA category each year from 2005 to present.
Mr. Lewis was elected as a charter fellow of the College of Employee Benefits Counsel and is on its Board of Governors. He is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Mr. Lewis has taught pension law courses at Hastings Law School (University of California), the University of San Francisco School of Law, and elsewhere. He is a frequent speaker on ERISA topics such as preemption, fiduciary duty, and benefit claims at seminars sponsored by the American Bar Association, the Bureau of National Affairs, the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), and other organizations.
Mr. Lewis is a graduate of Yale University and Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.