Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020 
Clarissa A. Kang represents employee benefit plans, plan administrators, plan sponsors, and fiduciaries in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Litigation - ERISA matters before federal and state courts and government regulatory agencies. Based in San Francisco, California, she advises clients on a broad range of ERISA litigation and compliance issues affecting retirement, health, and welfare benefit plans.
As a director at Trucker Huss APC, Clarissa handles complex litigation involving benefit claims, fiduciary matters, plan administration, multiemployer plans, withdrawal liability, delinquent contributions, plan reimbursement and subrogation, non-ERISA benefit plans, including governmental and church plans, and class actions. She also counsels retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and plan fiduciaries in investigations and agency actions involving the U.S. Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Clarissa provides practical guidance to plan fiduciaries regarding benefit determinations and appeals, helping clients address operational and litigation-related challenges under ERISA. She also negotiates investment management and service provider agreements on behalf of employee benefit plans and fiduciaries, with attention to compliance, risk management, and plan administration considerations.
In addition to her legal practice, Clarissa frequently presents on ERISA litigation, fiduciary responsibility, plan administration, and benefit claims procedures. She has authored articles addressing judicial review of benefit claims, remedies following CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, and arbitration provisions in employee benefit plans.
