Practice Areas
Honors + Affiliations
Former Chair, Philadelphia Bar Association, Employee Benefits and Pension Committees
Member, American Bar Association, Tax Section, Employee Benefits Committee
Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005–2008)
2005 BTI Client Service All-Star Team for Law Firms
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2005–2008)
AV Rated
Listed, Philadelphia Magazine, "Best Lawyers in Philadelphia"
Listed, Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in the East; International Who's Who
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. Tax Court
- Philadelphia
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1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5726
Fax: 215.963.5001
Robert J. Lichtenstein is the leader of Morgan Lewis's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice and the leader of the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Interdisciplinary Practice Group. Mr. Lichtenstein’s clients include those in the retail, financial, hospitality and manufacturing industries.
Mr. Lichtenstein provides counseling on all facets of executive compensation and employee benefits matters, including equity and incentive compensation plans, employment arrangements, ERISA, qualified retirement plans, and pension and profit-sharing plans, as well as litigating employee benefit claims and disputes. He also has experience in matters involving ESOPs, federal tax law and representations before the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor, as well as in general business counseling.
Mr. Lichtenstein is a board member of a privately held manufacturing company, director of Maritrans, Inc., and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and at the Villanova University Law School. He is also very active with the Federation Allied Jewish Appeal.
Education
- New York University School of Law, 1974, LL.M.
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1973, J.D.
- University of Pennsylvania, 1969, B.S.