S. Bradley Perkins

Associate

S. Bradley Perkins is an associate in Morgan Lewis’s Labor and Employment Practice. Mr. Perkins focuses his practice on complex class action and single-plaintiff litigation under ERISA. Mr. Perkins represents employee benefit plan sponsors and service providers along with their employees, officers, and directors, in federal litigation challenging fiduciary conduct in connection with employer securities, the valuation of employee stock ownership plans, early retirement benefits, and 401(k) plan fee structure. He also defends clients against claims of vesting and funding violations and against individual claims for benefits under employee welfare and pension plans.

Mr. Perkins also counsels clients on the legal aspects of benefits and plan administration under ERISA. He has advised companies on their fiduciary responsibilities, on avoiding prohibited transactions, and on responding to investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Perkins practiced in Washington, D.C. in the nationally-recognized ERISA-litigation practice of a prestigious law firm.

Mr. Perkins earned his J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University Law School in 2004, where he was senior articles editor for The George Washington Law Review and taught legal research and writing to first-year law students as a Dean’s Fellow. Mr. Perkins earned his A.B., cum laude, from Duke University in 2001.

Mr. Perkins is admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia and before the Supreme Court of Virginia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia and the District of Columbia.