In the Legal 500 – US Nationwide 2026 Guide, Groom is again recognized for its national leadership in benefits, executive compensation, retirement, healthcare, and ERISA litigation. As a result of independent, rigorous market research, including feedback from clients and peers, Groom has been ranked among the country’s top law firms across our core practice areas. Our year-over-year rankings speak to the firm’s decades of specialized experience and strategic approach to solving our clients’ complex legal challenges.
Firm Rankings
Groom’s 2026 rankings:
Tier 1 – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
Tier 2 – ERISA Litigation
Tier 3 – Healthcare: Health Insurers
Recognized Groom Attorneys
Groom attorneys who are individually recognized:
- Sarah Adams – Leading Partner, ERISA Litigation
- Kathryn Bjornstad Amin – Next Generation Partner, Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
- Jon Breyfogle – Hall of Fame, Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
- Lisa Campbell – Leading Partner, Healthcare: Health Insurers
- William Delany – Leading Partner, ERISA Litigation
- Lars Golumbic – Leading Partner, ERISA Litigation
- David Levine – Leading Partner, Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
- Michael Prame – Hall of Fame, ERISA Litigation
- Malcolm Slee – Leading Partner, Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
- Ryan Temme – Leading Partner, Healthcare: Health Insurers
These Groom lawyers are also acknowledged in the Guide: Xavier Baker, Viv Hunter, Tamara Killion, Michael Kreps, Samuel Levin, Seth Perretta, Andrew Salek-Raham, Christy Tinnes, Brigen Winters, and Rose Zaklad.
Excerpts from the Legal 500 Guide
Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans: Design. Widely regarded benefits, ERISA, and tax experts, Groom Law Group, Chartered focuses exclusively on benefits, health, retirement and executive compensation matters. Based in Washington DC, the practice is led by Rose Zaklad, who specializes in the design, implementation, and administration of retirement plans; Lisa Campbell, who is a specialist in health services; Seth Perretta, whose practice covers federal tax, ERISA, and health matters of employee benefits; Lars Golumbic, who is the resident litigation-expert with significant experience in ESOP class actions; William Delany, who is also a specialist in ERISA litigation; Brigen Winters, who is a policy expert on health and welfare, retirement, tax and executive compensation; and Michael Kreps, who focuses on complex retirement plans and health plan issues. In the wider group, David Levine‘s extensive practice ranges from retirement to health and welfare matters. Jon Breyfogle is a respected figure in the market with expert knowledge on ERISA’s fiduciary rules and government regulation on health insurance. Kathryn Bjornstad Amin is a go-to for health and welfare benefit planning and design. Viv Hunter is also recommended.
ERISA Litigation. Groom Law Group, Chartered has a deep bench of specialists with a dedicated focus on complex ERISA Litigation, advising on the full spectrum of 401(k), ESOP defense, health plan, and plan forfeitures litigation. The Washington DC-based department is a go-to for litigation involving fees and investments, health and welfare, pension plans, and ESOPs. Co-chair Lars Golumbic is a particularly reputable individual with expertise in representing health plan sponsors and health insurers. Sarah Adams has extensive experience representing fiduciaries in class actions involving employer stock, affiliated funds, and 401(k) and 403(b) plans. Challenges to 401(k) savings plan administration, stock drops and employee benefit plan modifications are core to William Delany‘s caseload. Rounding out the leadership, Andrew Salek-Raham is active in the ESOP space, regularly representing plan fiduciaries, service providers, and sponsors on overvaluation suits. Michael Prame continues to represent clients in lawsuits related to 401(k) investments and the use of forfeited contributions.
Healthcare: Health Insurers. Groom Law Group, Chartered advises health insurers and managed care organizations on regulatory, compliance, and policy matters affecting the design, administration, and regulation of health insurance products. The Washington DC-based practice is led by a trio of co-heads: Lisa Campbell, who excels in matters involving ACA, Medicare, and Medicaid compliance; Seth Perretta, a trusted advisor on ERISA and health insurance tax compliance; and Tammy Killion, whose strengths lie in ACA compliance and government enforcement matters. Key figures in the wider team include Xavier Baker, active in managed care regulatory work; Jon Breyfogle, whose expertise spans ERISA and ACA health insurance regulation; Christy Tinnes, well-versed in HIPAA privacy compliance; Malcolm Slee, experienced in ACA health plan compliance; and Ryan Temme, distinguished by his knowledge of mental health parity compliance. Kathryn Bjornstad Amin is recommended for health plan regulatory compliance matters.
Groom Law Group, Chartered is an award-winning law firm that solves complicated legal issues for plan sponsors, health insurers, financial institutions, retirement services providers, and the public sector. Since our founding in the wake of ERISA’s passage, Groom’s rapid response to shifts in the employee benefits, retirement and health care policy paradigm has been our calling card. In a world that moves as swiftly as the evolution of benefits law, versatility and willingness to adapt have become core tenets of our practice at Groom. With nearly 100 attorneys, Groom’s benefits, retirement services and health industry practices are among the largest in the United States.
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