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Clarissa Kang

Trucker Huss, APC
  • Recognized Since:
    2020
  • Recognized in:
    Litigation - ERISA
  • Law School:
    University of Virginia
  • Lawyer Page:
    https://www.truckerhuss.com/te...
  • Website:
    http://www.truckerhuss.com
  • Firm's Phone Number:
    (415) 788.3111
  • E-mail:
    ckang@truckerhuss.com
  • Locations:
    One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111-3617
  • 15821 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 510
    Los Angeles, CA 91436

Clarissa advocates zealously and effectively for employee benefit plans, plan administrators, plan sponsors, and other fiduciaries before federal and state courts and government regulatory agencies.

As a director in our nationally recognized ERISA litigation group (First Tier Nationally in US News and World Report Best Lawyers), she has handled a broad spectrum of litigation, including cases involving benefit claims, fiduciary issues, plan administration, multiemployer plans, withdrawal liability, delinquent contributions, plan reimbursement and subrogation, non-ERISA benefit plans (such as governmental plans and church plans), and class actions. In addition to serving as an advocate in active litigation, Clarissa advises and represents retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and plan fiduciaries in investigations and agency actions commenced by the U.S. Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Taking a practical and thoughtful approach, Clarissa provides advice and support to plan fiduciaries in their determination of benefit claims and appeals.

With an eye for detail, she negotiates investment management and service provider agreements on behalf of plans and their fiduciaries.Clarissa is a frequent presenter on ERISA litigation, plan administration, benefit claims administration, and fiduciary responsibility.  Clarissa has authored several articles, including articles on judicial review of benefit claims, remedies after CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, and arbitration provisions in plans.  

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Clarissa advocates zealously and effectively for employee benefit plans, plan administrators, plan sponsors, and other fiduciaries before federal and state courts and government regulatory agencies.

As a director in our nationally recognized ERISA litigation group (First Tier Nationally in US News and World Report Best Lawyers), she has handled a broad spectrum of litigation, including cases involving benefit claims, fiduciary issues, plan administration, multiemployer plans, withdrawal liability, delinquent contributions, plan reimbursement and subrogation, non-ERISA benefit plans (such as governmental plans and church plans), and class actions. In addition to serving as an advocate in active litigation, Clarissa advises and represents retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and plan fiduciaries in investigations and agency actions commenced by the U.S. Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Taking a practical and thoughtful approach, Clarissa provides advice and support to plan fiduciaries in their determination of benefit claims and appeals.

With an eye for detail, she negotiates investment management and service provider agreements on behalf of plans and their fiduciaries.Clarissa is a frequent presenter on ERISA litigation, plan administration, benefit claims administration, and fiduciary responsibility.  Clarissa has authored several articles, including articles on judicial review of benefit claims, remedies after CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, and arbitration provisions in plans.  

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Education:

  • University of Virginia , J.D., graduated 1999
  • Harvard University, A.B., graduated 1995

Bar Admissions:

  • Hawaii, State Bar Association
  • California, State Bar
  • United States, District Court for the District of Hawaii
  • United States, Central District of California
  • United States, Eastern District of California
  • United States, Northern District of California
  • United States, Southern District of California
  • United States, Ninth Circuit
  • United States, Supreme Court

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area - Member
  • Bar Association of San Francisco - Member
  • Diversity in the Legal Profession Committee of the ABA Labor & Employment Law Section’s Employee Benefits Committee - Co-Chair
  • Employee Benefits Committee of the ABA Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section - Vice-Chair (Programming)
  • Federal Bar Association - Member
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) - Member
  • Queen's Bench Bar Association of the San Francisco Bay Area - Board Member 2011-2016; History Committee Co-Chair 2011-present
  • Western Pension & Benefits Council - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Litigation - ERISA
 

Awards:

  • Minority Bar Coalition’s Unity Award - 2015 
  • Best Lawyers in America since 2020 in ERISA Litigation
  • Northern California “Super Lawyers” by Super Lawyers Magazine since 2014
 

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Trucker Huss, APC
http://www.truckerhuss.com
 
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One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3617
(415) 788.3111
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Los Angeles, CA

15821 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 510

Los Angeles, CA 91436

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