Press Release

Attorney Peter Hutchinson Joins The Wagner Law Group

Issued by The Wagner Law Group P.C.

Feb. 13, 2024

Marcia S. Wagner, the Managing Director of The Wagner Law Group, recognized as the nation’s leading ERISA and employee benefits law firm, has announced that Peter Hutchinson has joined the firm as Partner in its Los Angeles office. “Peter’s wealth of experience in litigating labor and employment as well as employee benefits issues will be an extraordinary asset to our firm. We are excited to have him join us,” says Ms. Wagner.

Mr. Hutchinson has practiced labor, employment and employee benefits law exclusively since 1999. He represents clients extensively in federal district courts, bankruptcy courts and state courts to collect unpaid employee fringe benefit contributions and enforce employer obligations to employee benefit plans. Mr. Hutchinson has represented clients in administrative proceedings and has extensive experience enforcing judgments and implementing other legal remedies to ensure that employee benefit plans are fully funded for the benefit of plan participants and their beneficiaries.

Mr. Hutchinson earned his J.D. from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, and his B.A. from University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. He is admitted to practice law in California and Maryland.

Prior to joining The Wagner Law Group, Mr. Hutchinson worked at a California law firm, and in Washington, D.C. as an attorney for the Service Employees International Union as a legal adviser to Member Carol Waller Pope of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.     

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, and family law.

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 43 attorneys in 10 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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