Brian W. Sullivan
Brian W. Sullivan is an employment litigator and counselor who focuses on benefits-related and other complex employment matters. Brian regularly defends employers, plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and service providers in Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) litigation across the United States. Brian works with clients across various industries handling a broad range of other employment disputes, defending both class/collective and single-plaintiff actions involving discrimination, whistleblower/retaliation, wage and hour, and other employment claims. He also counsels employers on all manner of day-to-day workplace issues, from hiring, training, and policy implementation to discipline and termination.
Before joining Morgan Lewis, Brian handled white collar criminal matters and commercial disputes in the litigation department of a major Philadelphia law firm, in which he conducted internal investigations in response to inquiries by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other regulatory bodies. Brian also practiced employment law at another large international law firm.
Brian’s pro bono work includes working with asylum seekers and with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project. He also counsels nonprofit organizations on employment issues.
- Suffolk University Law School, 2008, J.D., cum laude
- Suffolk University, 2005, B.A., magna cum laude
- Pennsylvania
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- US District Court for the District of New Jersey
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Employment, Law360 (2017, 2019)