Press Release

Attorney Neelam Chandna Joins The Wagner Law Group

Issued by The Wagner Law Group P.C.

May 14, 2021

Boston, MA – Marcia Wagner, the Managing Director of The Wagner Law Group, widely renowned as the country’s top ERISA and employee benefits law firm, has announced that attorney Neelam Chandna has joined the firm as a Partner. “Neelam’s unique and in-depth ERISA and employee benefits experience, especially in the area of multiemployer plans, will serve as a tremendous asset to our already robust practice in that area of the law. We are thrilled to welcome her,” says Ms. Wagner.

 Neelam Chandna advises collectively bargained multiemployer funds, known as “Taft-Hartley plans,” including defined benefit, defined contribution, health and welfare, and apprenticeship plans. Ms. Chandna will be a great addition to the firm's growing Taft-Hartley practice; Wagner attorneys serve as either trust counsel or independent fiduciary to such funds around the country. She also advises public sector health and welfare funds and single employer plans, and will support the firm’s large practice of Retiree Medical Trust and VEBA clients in the public sector. 

 Ms. Chandna's experience in employee benefits includes plan design, plan drafting, and consultation in a broad range of matters under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. She has represented trust funds in a wide variety of sectors, including construction, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, entertainment, and law enforcement.  Ms. Chandna routinely speaks on various ERISA topics, ranging from a broad overview of the statute to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent review of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, for organizations such as the Employee Benefits Committee of the Labor and Employment section of the American Bar Association.

 Ms. Chandna was previously a partner at a Los Angeles law firm and worked for the Employee Benefits Security Administration of the United States Department of Labor, where she dealt with ERISA issues involving both single employer and multiemployer plans.  She is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts and the University of California, Berkeley.

The Wagner Law Group now has a well-established presence in California, with existing offices in San Francisco and San Diego and its new office in Los Angeles.

The Wagner Law Group

The Wagner Law Group is a nationally recognized practice in the areas of ERISA, employee benefits and executive compensation, labor, employment and human resources, investment management, bankruptcy and restructuring, HIPAA, privacy and security, litigation, tax-exempt organizations, trusts and estates and family law.

 Established in 1996, The Wagner Law Group is dedicated to the highest standards of integrity, excellence and thought leadership and is considered to be amongst the nation's premier ERISA and employee benefits law firms. The firm has 11 offices across the country, providing unparalleled legal advice to its clients, including large, small and nonprofit corporations as well as individuals and government entities worldwide. The Wagner Law Group's 39 attorneys, senior benefits consultant and seven paralegals combine many years of experience in their fields of practice with a variety of backgrounds. The firm is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as a Tier 1 Best Law Firm in the areas of ERISA and employee benefits. Nine of the firm's attorneys are AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and nine are Fellows of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, an invitation-only organization of nationally recognized employee benefits lawyers. Seven of the firm's attorneys have been named to the prestigious Super Lawyers list for 2021, which highlights outstanding lawyers based on a rigorous selection process. The Wagner Law Group is certified as a woman-owned and operated business by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council and is listed among the largest woman-owned businesses in Massachusetts by the Boston Business Journal. 

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