Lindsey H. Chopin is an Associate in the New Orleans, Louisiana, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and a member of the firm’s ERISA Complex Class Action, Employee Benefits and Class Action groups.
Ms. Chopin focuses her practice on the defense of complex ERISA class-actions filed against public and private single employer ERISA plan sponsors and fiduciaries, as well as multi-employer plans and fiduciaries and ERISA plan services providers. She has litigated a wide variety of class action claims, including 401(k) fee claims, stock drop claims, defined benefit mortality assumption claims, “church plan” and “government plan” claims, health and welfare plan claims, and ERISA Section 510 claims. Ms. Chopin also litigates ERISA benefit claims and claims involving non-ERISA plans.
Ms. Chopin the author of several ERISA-related articles, including an article focusing on ERISA fee litigation that appeared in the Benefits Law Journal, and is a frequent speaker on ERISA and class action litigation issues, including e-discovery best practices and ethics and professionalism when using social media in litigation. She is a senior editor of Chapter 15 of Bloomberg BNA’s Employee Benefits Law treatise and a contributing author to the ERISA Fiduciary Answers Book and Chapter 39 of the sixth edition of Bloomberg BNA’s ERISA Litigation treatise published in November 2017.
Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, Ms. Chopin practiced complex ERISA litigation for five years at a large, national firm and served as a one-year term clerk for the Honorable Carl J. Barbier in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
While attending Loyola University School of Law, Ms. Chopin was the Articles and Symposium Editor of the Loyola Law Review and received the “Best Casenote Award” for her casenote analyzing the impact of Kasten v. St. Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., 563 U.S. 1 (2011), an FLSA matter decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prior to attending law school and practicing law, Ms. Chopin was a teachNOLA fellow and taught high school French in New Orleans’ public schools.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Lindsey H. Chopin
- What Manufacturers Sponsoring Pension Plans Should Know About Class Actions Challenging Plan Assumptions - (Posted On Thursday, March 14, 2024)
- Third Circuit Rejects Mandatory Arbitration Clause in ESOP - (Posted On Friday, July 14, 2023)
- Ads Related to Health Plan Fees Raise Questions on the Next Excessive Fee Suit Targets - (Posted On Wednesday, July 12, 2023)
- DOL, Recordkeeper Square Off in Confidentiality Disputes - (Posted On Thursday, June 23, 2022)
- Allegedly Misclassified Independent Contractor Cannot Sue Under ERISA - (Posted On Friday, February 11, 2022)
- Heightened Litigation Risk Is Not A Basis to Shield Attorney-Fiduciary Communications in 401(k) Litigation - (Posted On Wednesday, February 09, 2022)
- Third Circuit to Consider Class Certification Issues Percolating in ERISA Fee Litigation - (Posted On Tuesday, May 25, 2021)
- 401(k) Investment Option Challenge Heads to Ninth Circuit - (Posted On Wednesday, May 19, 2021)
- Ninth Circuit: ERISA Does Not Bar Forum Selection Clauses - (Posted On Thursday, April 08, 2021)
- U.S. Supreme Court: Courts Can Review Railroad Retirement Board’s Refusal to Reopen Claims - (Posted On Monday, February 08, 2021)