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Douglas W. "Doug" Ell

Groom Law Group, Chartered
  • Recognized Since:
    1995
  • Recognized in:
    Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Lawyer Page:
    https://www.groom.com/bios/dou...
  • Website:
    https://www.groom.com
  • Location:
    1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
    Washington, DC 20006
Douglas W. Ell enjoys solving difficult problems relating to employee benefits. His creative redesign of one benefit program saved a client over $20 million each year and was recently approved by the IRS. He drafted the first 401(k) plan in professional sports. Mr. Ell has represented a number of nationally recognized corporations, unions and multiemployer plans. He has litigated nationally with great success and persuaded Congress to make important changes in employee benefits laws. He has served as the chair of the Employee Benefits section of the D.C. Bar and has authored numerous publications on employee benefits. In each instance, Mr. Ell enjoys the challenge of taking a difficult problem and attacking it from a new perspective.  
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Douglas W. Ell enjoys solving difficult problems relating to employee benefits. His creative redesign of one benefit program saved a client over $20 million each year and was recently approved by the IRS. He drafted the first 401(k) plan in professional sports. Mr. Ell has represented a number of nationally recognized corporations, unions and multiemployer plans. He has litigated nationally with great success and persuaded Congress to make important changes in employee benefits laws. He has served as the chair of the Employee Benefits section of the D.C. Bar and has authored numerous publications on employee benefits. In each instance, Mr. Ell enjoys the challenge of taking a difficult problem and attacking it from a new perspective.  
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Education:

  • University of Maryland , MA (mathematics), graduated 1973
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BA, graduated 1971

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
 

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Groom Law Group, Chartered
https://www.groom.com
 
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
202-857-0620
 
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