Keith's practice focuses primarily on labor and employment issues arising from the design, drafting and administration of employee benefits plans, including:
- health
- welfare
- disability
- retirement
- pension plans
Keith represents benefit plans, plan sponsors, plan administrators, third-party administrators, and insurers.
Keith's areas of practice include plan drafting, plan amendment and litigation of ERISA claims arising from plan administration. He provides counseling to employers and plan sponsors on compliance issues for applicable federal and state regulations governing the administration of employee benefit plans.
Keith has represented plans, fiduciaries and other interested parties in litigation in a number of jurisdictions and continues to act as litigation counsel for a varied group of clients.
Keith is a frequent speaker on employee benefits topics, including plan administration, regulatory compliance and litigation avoidance. He has also published several articles on these topics and has participated as a guest lecturer for continuing education programs for attorneys and other benefits professionals.
Employee Benefits Blog
Keith writes a blog that provides updates and commentary on various topics specific to the interaction between employee benefits and human resources, with an eye toward topics salient to the administration of employee benefit programs in conjunction with employment concerns. It is essential to keep current on the changes in the law (and, in some instances, case decisions) that directly impact benefits plan administration - including the ever-changing "reasonable person" standard under ERISA. Any professional who actively participates in the administration of plans and has questions regarding the current state of the law and the interaction of the law with human resource obligations will find this forum helpful.
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• Martindale-Hubbell "AV" rated
• Selected as a "New Jersey Rising Star" by New Jersey Monthly Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine, 2007