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Elizabeth S. Goldberg

Associate

Elizabeth S. Goldberg advises clients on ERISA matters with a focus on fiduciary responsibility provisions, prohibited transaction rules and exemptions, and the management of employee benefit plan assets. She negotiates investment-related agreements on behalf of plans and financial services providers; designs, implements, and administers employee benefit plans; and counsels clients on US Department of Labor (DOL) investigations, plan fiduciary governance structures, ERISA reporting and disclosure obligations, ERISA litigation, and general benefit plan compliance considerations. Elizabeth’s work experience includes several years at the DOL’s Office of the Solicitor.

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    Extended Profile

    Elizabeth came to Morgan Lewis after more than six years at the DOL’s Office of the Solicitor, where she worked most recently as a senior trial lawyer litigating fiduciary breach actions under Title I of ERISA. While at  DOL, Elizabeth worked on numerous large ERISA fiduciary enforcement actions that dealt with the law’s fiduciary provisions, prohibited transaction rules, ESOP transactions, and trustee duties. She also spearheaded and ran an agency pro bono program that received the 2009 Federal Agency Pro Bono Leadership Award.

    Education

    • Bryn Mawr College, 2000, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, With Honors
    • New York University School of Law, 2005, J.D.

    Admissions

    • New Jersey
    • New York
    • Pennsylvania
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

    Awards and Affiliations

    Member, Law Firm of the Year, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Chambers USA (2019

    Member, Law Firm of the Year, Employee Benefits (ERISA Law), US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2019)

    Member, Section of Labor and Employment Law, Committee on Employee Benefits, Subcommittee on Fiduciary Responsibility, American Bar Association

    Four time recipient of the Secretary of Labor Exceptional Achievement Award

    Publications

    July/August 2019 - Top 10 Areas of Focus in DOL Investigations of Retirement Plans, Employee Benefit Plan Review

    5/20/2019 - Top 10 Areas of Focus in DOL Investigations of Retirement Plans

    5/20/2019 - DOL Investigations of Retirement Plans: The Top 10 Areas of Focus, ML BeneBits

    4/9/2019 - EBSA Stats for FY 2018: DOL Continues Active Enforcement, Terminated Vested Participant Investigations Increase, ML BeneBits

    7/31/2018 - Recent DOL Positions on Proper Correction of Late Participant Contributions and Loan Repayments (and Other Breaches), ML BeneBits

    3/28/2018 - DOL's ERISA Enforcement Activity on the Rise, Law360

    1/29/2018 - EBSA Stats for Fiscal Year 2017: DOL Extremely Active in Enforcement, with Terminated Vested Participant Investigations a High Priority, ML BeneBits

    1/11/2018 - PBGC Publishes Final Rule on Missing Participant Program, Joint Agency Roadmap on Due Diligence Regarding Missing Participants Emerges, ML BeneBits

    10/17/2017 - Despite Recent Victories, Risks Remain For Plan Fiduciaries, Law360

    9/6/2017 - Recent Plan Fiduciary Victories in ERISA Single-Stock Fund Litigation

    11/24/2015 - DOL’s Audit Quality Outreach Continues, ML BeneBits

    11/19/2014 - IRS and DOL Issue Guidance on Including Deferred Annuities in Target Date Funds

    11/14/2013 - Same-Sex Marriage Post-Windsor: Compensation and Benefits Issues, presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Employment Law Institute West

    5/1/2013 - Employers Beware: Health Care Reform Provisions and Penalties, presented to the Pittsburgh Chapter of the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists

    3/18/2013 - Health Care Reform Recent Developments & Guidance, presented to the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health

    2/1/2013 - Health Care Reform: Cost and Benefit Considerations and Implications, presented to the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health

    7/1/2012 - Health Care Reform: What’s Next, presented to the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health

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    Events

    5/16/2019 - 2019 ERISA Litigation Roundtable

    3/21/2019 - Hot Topics in Employee Benefits: What We’re Seeing – March 2019

    4/5/2018 - Lost and Missing Participant Issues 2018

    5/10/2016 - 2016 Technology May-rathon: Breaking the Code: Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation