John McGowan has almost 40 years of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and related employment, tax, healthcare and securities law experience, representing benefit plans (and plan-covered individuals), plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries and executives.
He is particularly adept at handling the challenges and disputes that plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries and other stakeholders face when things go wrong, regardless of the root cause, including private litigation, and regulatory inquiries and enforcement actions. John considers all aspects of matters facing his clients and crafts practical, long-term solutions that can withstand challenge. Particular areas of experience include multiemployer plan disputes (both plan disputes and disputes with others over responsibility for plan-related liabilities), health care reform (including the Affordable Care Act) and related tax sanctions, worker misclassification matters, high stakes ERISA litigation and executive compensation arrangements.
John is routinely ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Band 1; highest ranking) and in The Best Lawyers in America® (in which he has been named “Lawyer of the Year” three times: in 2014, 2015 and 2020).
John is regularly ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Band 1; highest ranking) and in The Best Lawyers in America® (in which he has been named "Lawyer of the Year" three times: in 2014, 2015 and 2020).