Mitchell, Joel B.

Evan Miller provides employee benefits counsel and represents companies in complex ERISA litigation.

As a litigator, Evan has defended companies and individuals in stock drop cases, fiduciary duty class actions against plan service providers, and cash balance and accrued benefit cutback litigation. He also has been involved in a variety of retiree health cutback cases and has helped pioneer the use of retiree health VEBAs to shift legacy costs. He is experienced in defending contributors to Taft-Hartley plans in withdrawal liability disputes, as well as in defending companies in investigations and litigation conducted at the regional and national levels by the U.S. Department of Labor. Representative clients for which he has recently handled ERISA litigation include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Colfax Corporation, Continental Tire Co., Ford Motor Company, Harman Industries, Home Box Office, JohnsonDiversey, NovaStar Financial, and Xerox Corp. As a counselor, Evan advises plan sponsors and administrators on ERISA's reporting and disclosure requirements; health plan service providers on COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA fiduciary duty, and prohibited transaction rules; and fund managers and service providers on plan assets issues.

Evan lectures and publishes frequently on ERISA matters. He previously served as management co-chair of the board of editors of Employee Benefits Law (Bureau of National Affairs), a publication of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the ABA, and between 2004 and 2008 he served as co-chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the Labor & Employment Section.