The ERISA practice at Fitzhugh & Mariani LLP draws upon the comprehensive knowledge and experience of our General Litigation and Insurance Law practice groups. We have handled and coordinated the defense of ERISA litigation on behalf of insurers, self-insureds and third-party administrators in state and federal courts throughout New England. The firm's practice is structured to provide our clients with the highest caliber of legal services, reflected by our distinguished trial and appellate record.

Fitzhugh & Mariani has had a significant ERISA welfare benefits practice for more than a decade. Our reported decisions in that area include Boardman v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 337 F.3d 9 (1st Cir.2003), a groundbreaking decision by the First Circuit upholding a grant of summary judgment entered for a disability plan's sponsor and its insurer where the decision to discontinue benefits was based on lack of evidence of on-going disability, rather than on a rejection of the underlying diagnosis. In many cases, our attorneys obtain summary judgment for our clients; where summary judgment is unavailable, they frequently resolve claims far below retention limits.

Our ERISA practice is not limited to the courts of Massachusetts. We handle matters for our clients on a regional basis, taking assignments in New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island. This helps us to provide consistency of case and issue management.