Lawyers / Professionals

Mr. McElligott advises and defends private and publicly held corporations, public agencies, benefit plans and fiduciaries concerning employee benefits, executive compensation, and related labor and employment issues, including ERISA litigation, class actions, claims for employee benefits and executive compensation, breach of fiduciary duty (including "stock drop" class actions), multi-employer plans and withdrawal liability, retirement medical, benefits in bankruptcy, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation issues, Sarbanes-Oxley, COBRA, HIPAA, and WARN.

Mr. McElligott has an active trial and arbitration practice, is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Attorneys, and is listed in Who's Who in American Law, Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA Guide to Leading Lawyers, Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite, and Virginia Super Lawyers. A member of the Employee Benefits Committee of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law and ABA Section of Taxation, he is former chair of the Employment Law Committee of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, a former president of the Federal Bar Association of Richmond, and former President, Central Virginia Employee Benefits Council.

He regularly publishes and lectures on employment, benefits, and compensation issues. He has been interviewed in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Daily Labor Reporter, Pension and Benefits Week, Computer Law & Tax Report, CBS Business Watch, Business Insurance, the Chicago Sun Times, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, MicroSoft Network, WashTech.com, Employment and Labor Lawcast, and other publications.

His recent publications include: "Modifying Retiree Health Benefits in Bankruptcy," Strafford Publications (January 2010); Chapters on "ERISA Litigation" and "COBRA - Continuation Coverage" in Employment Law in Virginia, (Virginia Law Foundation 1997 -2009); Employee Benefits Law, Second Edition, 2001 -2009 Supplements, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law (Chapter Editor and Contributing Author); "Workforce Reductions Can Cause Retirement Plan Partial Terminations," WorkCite (April 2009); "Employers Face New Multi-Employer Plan Liabilities," WorkCite (March 2008); "Understanding ERISA Retirement Plan Expenses" (January 2007); "Executive Compensation Litigation Developments" (October 25, 2006); "State and Local Government Benefit Promises: An Introduction" (October 2006); "Focus on Executive Compensation: Avoiding the Disney Trap", Executive Counsel, July/August 2005; "Retiree Medical Benefit Developments in the Courts, Congress and EEOC," Compensation and Benefits Review (March/April 2005); "Employee Benefits in the Ownership Society," College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Winter 2005); "HIPAA Privacy Enforcement" American Health Lawyers Association, May 2004; ";Avoiding Litigation Pitfalls in HIPAA Privacy Compliance" (Southern Benefits Council April, 2003); quot;Subrogation After Great West" (International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans, February 2003); "A Plan Sponsor's Guide to HIPAA Privacy Rules"; Professional Services Council (October 24, 2002); "Whistleblower Protections under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act," Virginia Bar Association Corporate Counsel Forum (October 10, 2002).

Mr. McElligott received his law degree from Harvard Law School, cum laude, and served as Note Editor for the Harvard Journal on Legislation. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in economics from the University of Illinois, with Highest Honors, and recipient of the Nelson Memorial Prize.