Allison Pienta is a staff attorney in Cohen Milstein’s Employee Benefits/ERISA practice. She represents the interests of employees, retirees, plan participants and beneficiaries in ERISA class-action lawsuits across the country.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Allison was an ERISA class action litigator at a boutique law firm in Washington, D.C., where she worked for over 15 years. Allison also owned and operated the first Mayweather Boxing & Fitness franchise in Virginia.
Allison is the contributing author of Bloomberg BNA’s ERISA LITIGATION (5th ed. 2014), Chapter 22 “Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine.”
While attending law school, Allison was a law clerk at AARP Foundation Litigation, where she drafted amicus curiae briefs on behalf of retirees.
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 2004
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2001
Current Cases
Wells Fargo Health Plan Litigation
Navarro, et al. v. Wells Fargo & Co. (D. Minn.): Cohen Milstein is representing members of the Wells Fargo & Company Health Plan in a putative class action against Wells Fargo and senior executives for mismanaging Wells Fargo’s prescription-drug benefits program. Plaintiffs allege that such breaches of fiduciary duties and prohibited transactions have cost their ERISA plan and their employees millions of dollars in the form of higher payments for prescription drugs, higher premiums, higher out-of-pocket costs, and lower wages or limited wage growth.
April 22, 2025
Intel Retirees Seek Cert. In ERISA Suit Over Annuity Changes
A proposed class of nearly 2,000 Intel Corp. retirees urged a California federal judge to certify the retirees' Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims alleging Intel relied on outdated mortality assumptions when it converted their single life annuities to a joint and survivor design, resulting in lower payouts.
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March 20, 2025
Plumbing Co. Workers Nab Class Status in ESOP Suit
Participants in a plumbing subcontractor's defunct employee stock ownership plan can proceed as a class in their lawsuit claiming the plan overpaid for company shares and later sold them at a deflated price, a California federal judge ruled, saying the workers leading the suit are adequate representatives.
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