Caroline Bressman is an associate in Cohen Milstein's Employee Benefits/ERISA practice. Ms. Bressman represents the interests of employees, retirees, plan participants and beneficiaries in ERISA class-action lawsuits across the country.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, she was an associate at a highly regarded national plaintiffs’ law firm, where she represented clients in employee benefits/ERISA, employment and financial class actions.
Ms. Bressman is litigating the following high-profile matters:
- AT&T Pension Benefit Plan Litigation (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein represents a putative class of pension plan participants and beneficiaries, who allege that AT&T used outdated mortality tables to determine the value of joint and survivor annuities, resulting in plaintiffs receiving less than the actuarial equivalent of the benefit than they were entitled to under ERISA.
- World Travel ESOP Litigation (E.D. Pa.): Cohen Milstein represents a putative class of employee stock option plan (ESOP) participants and beneficiaries who allege that the founders of World Travel and the ESOP trustees created the ESOP and then sold 100% of the employees World Travel stock to the ESOP at an above-market price, saddling it with over $200 million in debt.
- Intel Minimum Pension Plan Litigation (N.D. Cal.): Cohen Milstein represents a putative class of pension plan participants and beneficiaries, who allege that the Intel Minimum Pension Plan utilized outdated mortality tables to determine the value of joint and survivor annuities, resulting in married retirees receiving less than the actuarial equivalent of the benefit that ERISA protects.
In addition to a managing a full docket, Ms. Bressman is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota Law School, where she teaches a Law in Practice course. She also speaks frequently on ERISA, wage theft and employment law topics in continuing legal education programs.
Ms. Bressman received her B.A., magna cum laude, from St. Olaf College, and she received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was a staff member and articles editor for the Minnesota Law Review.