Essex Richards attorneys have been litigating ERISA claims for almost twenty years.The Essex Richards ERISA practice group includes four seasoned litigators: Lou Lesesne, Woody Connette, Norris Adams, and Beth Vanesse.

The majority of the firm's ERISA work is devoted to challenging long term disability ("LTD") benefit denials.We also represent professionals insured under private, non-ERISA LTD insurance policies.

Additional ERISA services include representing individual clients and plan administrators with retirement benefit issues, "top hat" plans, deferred compensation agreements, and other ERISA matters.

ERISA has shaped and become an integral part of the American health care system. We routinely counsel clients on maintaining health benefit coverage under ERISA, COBRA and other statutes, and we know how to challenge group health benefit denials. Woody Connette's ERISA experience has led him to become actively involved in health care access and health care reform issues. He has testified before the U.S. Department of Labor regarding the development of ERISA regulations, and he has served for over ten years on the Executive Board of the Patient Advocate Foundation, www.patientadvocate.org and its policy arm, the National Patient Advocate Foundation, www.npaf.org. Connette speaks and writes frequently on health care issues and has earned the respect of health care providers. He recently authored an article on patient advocacy to be published in an upcoming issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal.

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