Christopher Diffee focuses his practice on employee benefits plan litigation, including ERISA and COBRA class action litigation involving 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans, employer-sponsor ownership plans (ESOP), pension plans, and health and welfare plans. Chris represents employers, benefit plan sponsors, and fiduciaries in complex collective and class action litigation before federal courts. He also represents clients in connection with investigations by the US Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration.
Pro bono work is also an integral part of Chris’s practice. He has assisted individuals seeking legal name changes, worked on expungement petitions, provided assistance in asylum petitions, advised nonprofit organizations assisting minors on their right to consent to medical care, and helped draft amicus briefs advocating LGBTQ rights.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Christopher served as a law clerk to Judge Diana Gribbon Motz of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He also was a litigation associate in another large international law firm.
Member, Law360, Practice Group of the Year, Employment (2017, 2019)
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