Notable Results
We have won cases against every major insurance carrier. In fact, we secured the largest disability insurance bad faith verdict ever in California. We have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of our clients. Learn More
Full Resources
Insurance companies use many tactics to deny, delay or devalue claims. We have the skilled staff and financial resources to go up against the biggest insurance carriers, to force them to honor their policies and hold them accountable for bad faith denials. Learn More
Singular Focus
Insurance litigation is all we do, with an emphasis on long-term disability claims. Physicians, dentists, attorneys and other licensed professionals who purchased disability insurance benefit from our in-depth knowledge of law when insurance carriers fail to hold up their end of the bargain. Learn More
Proven Trial Attorneys
When insurance companies play hardball, our experienced litigators are up to the challenge. Our lawyers have prevailed against all the big players, including Unum, MetLife, Prudential, Cigna, Hartford and Mass Mutual. Learn More
California ERISA Benefits Lawyer
ERISA Insurance Claim Lawyers Fighting For The Rights Of California Policyholders
Since 1991, our insurance lawyers at Pillsbury & Coleman, LLP, have successfully helped the employees and residents of California in getting their insurance benefits to the last cent.
In California, as with the rest of the country, the law that protects the interest of employees’ benefits plan is called ‘ERISA’. ERISA stands for the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The law was specifically established to protect employee benefits from the actions of unscrupulous private companies.
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The federal ERISA law sets minimum standards for voluntarily established employee benefits in private industry and provides protection for the individual employees covered under these plans.
The attorneys at Pillsbury & Coleman, LLP are well-versed in ERISA and have amassed extensive knowledge getting clients their ERISA benefits.
What Makes Erisa Important?
More than 140 million workers and beneficiaries are covered by one ERISA plan or the other. The ERISA is regulated by these three departments:
- The department of labour – establishes rules for disclosure and reporting. The department also specifies duties for fiduciaries (plan managers);
- The IRS – creates and manages participation fund and vesting rules; and
- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp (PBGC) – serves as a guarantor (insurer) of private pension funds.
These departments make sure that your retirement savings are protected from mismanagement and abuse. The ERISA specifically prescribes that the persons in charge of the savings must be held to high standards and must act in the best interest of the beneficiaries.
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What Our Clients Say
...because you do not just win cases, you do not just get judgments collected, you actually put lives back together and help heal wounds. More importantly, I believe for all the long hours you put, your significant others should see what a difference you make and especially made in our family's life because we will remain forever grateful to each and every one you."
I am so grateful that I had you helping me with this most difficult time of my life. You were always there for me no matter what and I deeply appreciate it."
...to guide me on critical issues. Pillsbury & Coleman's attorneys proved to be all of the above. They crafted a creative and insightful strategy for my case that convinced me they were the go-to firm for bad faith insurance coverage issues."
...because you do not just win cases, you do not just get judgments collected, you actually put lives back together and help heal wounds. More importantly, I believe for all the long hours you put, your significant others should see what a difference you make and especially made in our family's life because we will remain forever grateful to each and every one you."
I am so grateful that I had you helping me with this most difficult time of my life. You were always there for me no matter what and I deeply appreciate it."
...to guide me on critical issues. Pillsbury & Coleman's attorneys proved to be all of the above. They crafted a creative and insightful strategy for my case that convinced me they were the go-to firm for bad faith insurance coverage issues."
Meet Our Attorneys
California Trial Lawyers Handling ERISA Insurance Disputes
Representing policyholders in ERISA insurance disputes and insurance bad faith since 1991, Pillsbury & Coleman, LLP is one of the few law firms in California focusing solely on Insurance law of which they do very well.
Our attorneys offer experienced ERISA legal representation to businesses and individuals in San Francisco and throughout California. Whether you need help getting your health insurance to cover a claim, you need assistance getting a business loss covered, or assistance appealing a long-term disability insurance claim denial, we know how to help.
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We Get Results And Stand Out In ERISA Cases
Pillsbury & Coleman Often Succeeds Where Others Fail
The ERISA provides guidelines and standards that include fiduciary duties that employers or managers owe to beneficiaries of the plan. ERISA serves your best interest by using the procedures that follow.
- Providing information to employees on their health and retirement plans,
- Establishing trust accounts for holding assets,
- Depositing contributions of beneficiaries as at when required,
- Document and record-keeping guidelines,
- Notification to employees for any change in the plan,
Modalities on the right to sue for breach of fiduciary duties, etc.
How Pillsbury & Coleman, LLP can help you in your ERISA claim
What happens in instances where an employer breaches the fiduciary duty they owe to you? It’s usually hard to get up from such a substantial loss. This is why it is important to have a California ERISA benefits attorney that will hold such an employer responsible for their negligence and failure.
Not many lawyers are familiar with ERISA laws and how to help clients recover claims. If you’re worried about your ERISA benefits in California, get in touch with our insurance lawyers.
Consult the California Erisa Benefits Attorney Today
What could possibly go wrong when trying to claim your ERISA benefits? Everything!
ERISA laws and procedure is a very complex sea to navigate. Not for us at Pillsbury & Coleman, LLP though. Our insurance attorneys are skilled and equally experienced in recovering ERISA benefits. Residents of California have continuously counted on us to get them their due benefits to the last cent.
The attorneys at Pillsbury & Coleman, LLP will help you through the complex rules of the ERISA. Over the years, we’ve helped California residents resolve their ERISA benefits disputes on things like breach of fiduciary duty claims against ERISA plan fiduciaries for alleged self-dealing and violation of pension plan terms. They also handle denial of ERISA benefits claims, class-wide modification of plans, disclosure issues, ERISA’s procedural issues, including statute of limitations, jurisdiction, and standing, valuation of assets in an ERISA plan, severance issues under ERISA and ERISA preemption.
It’s not too late to get in touch with us. Contact us for a free consultation here or call (415) 33-8000 today.
