Katie Kohn is in Groom Law Group’s Litigation practice group. Katie specializes in ERISA litigation relating to qualified and nonqualified retirement and health plans, with significant experience in matters involving the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”), the federal agency that insures private single employer and multiemployer defined benefit pension plans. Katie represents clients in PBGC investigations, termination litigation, and distress and standard termination applications, and advises clients in connection with PBGC subpoenas, plan mergers and spinoffs, plan de-risking transactions, options for sponsors of overfunded plans, and corporate transactions and reorganizations involving pension plans. Katie also represents clients with respect to multiemployer plan issues, and including withdrawal liability and benefits litigation. Katie also represents clients in Department of Labor investigations, defending third-party subpoenas, and benefits litigation. Prior to joining Groom, Katie was an attorney at the PBGC. In that role, she represented the agency in civil actions and bankruptcies in federal courts across the country, including plan termination litigation, as well as in investigations of large transactions or other situations involving plan sponsors. Katie also represented the agency in negotiations to resolve termination and other statutory liability of plan sponsors. Previous Experience Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (2009-2014) Associate, Groom Law Group, Chartered (2014-2018) Professional Affiliations Women’s Bar Association
Publications One Actuarial Equivalence Lawsuit Bites the Dust, Another Lives to Fight Another Day Groom PublicationMarch 11, 2022
Past Events Controlled Group and Successor Liability for Defined Benefit Pension Plan Liabilities: Best Practices and Potential Pitfalls for M&A Lawyers Strafford CLEFebruary 9, 2022
Publications Actuarial Equivalence Lawsuits: Plaintiffs May Defeat Motions to Dismiss, But Can They Win Class Cert? Groom PublicationJuly 15, 2021
Past Events Groom Webinar: Multiemployer Pensions – The Special Financial Assistance Rules (July 14, 2021) Groom WebinarJuly 14, 2021
Publications A Review of the Single-Employer Funding Provisions Under the American Rescue Plan Act COVID-19 ResourceApril 12, 2021
Publications PBGC Finalizes Rules for Simplified Withdrawal Liability Calculations Groom PublicationJanuary 20, 2021
Past Events Groom Webinar: Election 2020 – Impact on Plan Sponsors in 2021 and Beyond (December 1, 2020) Groom WebinarDecember 1, 2020
Publications IRS and PBGC Give Sponsors Until January 4, 2021 to Make Contributions Under the CARES Act Groom PublicationNovember 18, 2020