Ms. Carol Connor Cohen

Council Member Biography

Carol Connor Cohen is a Partner and Chair of the ERISA litigation practice of Arent Fox in Washington, DC. Ms. Cohen concentrates on ERISA, bankruptcy, appellate and employment litigation. She defends employers, fiduciaries and employee benefit plans in ERISA litigation involving claims with respect to defined benefit plans, including cash balance pension plans and claims of breach of fiduciary duty with respect to 401(k) plans and ESOPs. Ms. Cohen also represents debtors, official committees of unsecured creditors, secured creditors and indenture trustees, focusing particularly on the intersection between bankruptcy and employee benefits law, and bankruptcy and labor and employment law. She also defends employers in employment litigation, primarily discrimination and sexual harassment matters, and has handled a large number of appeals in the state and federal appeals courts and the United States Supreme Court. Previously, Ms. Cohen was a General Counsel at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), where she supervised approximately 80 attorneys who handled more than 700 cases in the federal courts involving Titles I and IV of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, bankruptcy, administrative law and labor law. A significant portion of her work at PBGC involved steel and airline bankruptcies. She is a frequent lecturer at conferences and seminars on employment, ERISA and bankruptcy topics. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1995 - Unspecified

Partner & Chair, ERISA Litigation, ARENT FOX LLP

1989 - 1995

General Counsel, PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION