Press Release

Attorney John Sohn Returns to the Wagner Law Group

Issued by The Wagner Law Group P.C.

May 2, 2022

We are thrilled to announce that John Sohn has rejoined our firm as a partner. John is an outstanding attorney in one of the most complex areas of the law, and we are delighted that he is returning.

John has over 25 years of experience advising financial institutions with respect to investment management matters including retirement-related products and services. His expertise includes ERISA and the areas of securities and banking laws relating to fiduciaries. John has extensive experience advising asset management firms, broker-dealers, banks, insurance companies and retirement platforms. He also has extensive experience with fund products and their distribution, including registered funds, private funds and bank-maintained CITs, as well as managed accounts and retail SMA/UMA programs. He has specialized expertise in short-term investment funds including 2a-7 money market funds and bank STIFs. John graduated with honors from both Harvard Law School and Harvard College. Before joining The Wagner Law Group, he served as Associate General Counsel for Legg Mason and Citigroup, respectively, as their lead ERISA counsel, and most recently served as Senior Managing Counsel at BNY Mellon. 

The Wagner Law Group

The Wagner Law Group is a nationally recognized practice in the areas of ERISA, employee benefits and executive compensation, employment, labor & human resources, investment management, bankruptcy and restructuring, HIPAA, privacy & security, expert witness, mergers & acquisitions, legislative, regulatory & policy services, tax exempt organizations, trusts & estates, probate, litigation, independent fiduciary services, family law and Union Members Estate Planning.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, The Wagner Law Group continues to be dedicated to the highest standards of integrity, excellence and thought leadership, and is considered to be the nation’s preeminent ERISA and employee benefits law firm. Now with 47 attorneys in 12 offices, it provides unparalleled legal advice to its clients, including large, small and nonprofit corporations as well as individuals and government entities nationwide and in several foreign countries. The firm’s attorneys combine decades of experience in their fields of practice and include those who are AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and have been annually named to prestigious Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers® lists. The Wagner Law Group is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as a Tier 1 National Best Law Firm in the areas of ERISA and employee benefits and has the largest number nationwide of Fellows of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, an invitation-only organization of nationally recognized employee benefits lawyers. It 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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