Edward Meehan handles complex commercial litigation, government investigations, class actions, and other disputes across a wide range of industries. He has tried cases before numerous courts and administrative agencies, and has appeared extensively in alternative dispute resolution settings. Ed has substantial experience in disputes involving employee benefits, including pension and health plans, often in the context of Chapter 11 or other corporate restructurings. Ed has handled retiree benefits issues for clients including American Airlines and Eastman Kodak, and advised clients such as Hayes-Lemmerz International, US Airways, and the Interstate Bakeries Corporation through pension disputes. As counsel in Department of Labor pension investigations, Ed has worked for clients including Stone & Webster and Polaroid. Ed serves as Chair of Groom’s Pro Bono Committee. In this role, he leads initiatives to grow pro bono participation, contributions and training within the firm, and to partner with and serve the community. Honors & Distinctions Leading Lawyer, The Legal 500 US, ERISA litigation (2014, 2019)
Publications Groom Files Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of American Benefits Council in Support of Plan Arbitration Provisions Groom PublicationNovember 11, 2020
Publications Employers Get Bit: Flurry of Class Action Lawsuits Allege Deficiencies in COBRA Election Notices COVID-19 ResourceMay 26, 2020
Publications Supreme Court Rejects Yard-Man Inference that Retiree Welfare Benefits Extend Beyond the Term of Collective Bargaining Agreements PublicationsJanuary 30, 2015
Publications Eighth Circuit Affirms $13.4 Million Judgment Against 401(k) Plan Fiduciaries for Excessive Recordkeeping Fees, But Overturns Mapping and Float Rulings PublicationsMarch 28, 2014
News Groom Law Group Expands its ERISA Litigation Group: Edward Meehan Joins Firm NewsFebruary 4, 2013