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Rhiannon’s focus includes counseling plan sponsors, trustees and institutional service providers regarding Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Code compliance, fiduciary and trust standards, and strategies for plan design, modification and administration. She advises benefit plan clients in both the private and public sectors.

Mike Reilly is a nationally recognized labor, employment and employee benefits attorney, named one of the “Top 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys in the Nation” for the past five consecutive years by Human Resource Executive®. He has decades of experience providing strategic employment advice to local, regional and national clients, and has successflly handled more than 75 jury trials, arbitrations, bench trials  He also represents employers before the EEOC and Washington State Human Rights Commission.

Mike counsels clients on ERISA and tax matters and leads the litigation practice area at Song Mondress, including acting as counsel in complex class action ERISA cases. His role in the firm's counseling practice includes trust and fiduciary prudence and loyalty analysis regarding private and governmental plans, plan design to comply with ERISA and tax qualification requirements, benefit appeals, procedural prudence, and resolving subrogation issues for self-funded health plans. He also advises clients on federal legislation issues such as COBRA, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.. Mike has spoken at continuing education seminars for attorneys, plan trustees, and other plan professionals, and has served as an arbitrator in ERISA claim litigation.

Juli Farris’ clients count on her commitment to excellence and high quality work to meet their legal needs. Juli is a member of Keller Rohrback’s nationally-recognized Complex Litigation Group and serves as Supervising Partner of the firm’s Santa Barbara office. She has more than 25 years of experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation involving banking and securities regulation, antitrust, ERISA fraud and other areas. She has also represented officers and directors of active and failed financial institutions in investigations and litigation regarding bank regulatory matters.. Her recent and pending cases involve environmental litigation, whistleblower litigation and consumer protection matters, including appointment as co-lead counsel representing victims of the 2015 Refugio California Oil Spill and representation of patients affected by prescription drug overcharges. She is also part of the team investigating claims to hold drug manufacturers accountable for the current opioid health crisis.. Before joining Keller Rohrback in 1991, Juli served as a judicial law clerk for Judge E. Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and she practiced law at the Washington, D.C. office of Sidley Austin, where her practice involved litigation covering a wide array of subject matters.. Juli divides her time between the firm’s Seattle and Santa Barbara offices.

Erin Riley knows that strong relationships are key in complex cases. Erin was a summer associate at Keller Rohrback in 1999, and joined Keller Rohrback’s complex litigation group in 2000.. Since the Fall of 2001, her practice has focused on representing employees and retirees in ERISA actions involving defined contribution, defined benefit, and health benefit plans. She has successfully litigated a number of ERISA breach of fiduciary duty cases including cases filed against Washington Mutual, Merrill Lynch and WorldCom. Erin has worked on ERISA-related articles and amicus briefs, and has spoken at ERISA-related conferences. She is a former Plaintiffs’ Co-Chair of the Civil Procedure Subcommittee for the ABA Employee Benefits Committee, and is currently a senior editor of the Employee Benefits Law (BNA) treatise.. She earned her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin, where she served as an editor of the Wisconsin Law Review. She received her undergraduate degree from Gonzaga University.. When not at work, Erin enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

At Song Mondress we represent single employer, multiemployer, and government benefit benefit plans.  Those plans include retirement (pension, defined contribution, and 401(k)), health, cafeteria (including DCAP and FSA), education, life and disability, and executive compensation programs.. Our clients' plans range in size from several million in assets to more than $60 billion.  Our clients range from nonprofits and governments to Fortune 50 companies.. We assist plan fiduciaries and sponsors with all issues that impact benefit plans, including tax, fiduciary/ERISA, HIPAA/privacy, disclosure, claims for benefits, DOL and IRS audits, litigation, and technical compliance.  If a client has an issue involving an employee benefit plan or ERISA, we've likely seen it before.. Find out more about Song Mondress PLLC at

As a partner in Keller Rohrback’s nationally recognized Complex Litigation Group, Cari Laufenberg maintains a national practice representing consumers, employees, and institutions in complex consumer and employee class actions involving corporate fraud, privacy and data breach issues, breach of fiduciary duty, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). Since joining Keller Rohrback, she has played a key role in obtaining multi-million dollar recoveries for consumers, employees, and shareholders in many of the firm’s largest and most complex cases, including cases involving Anthem Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Marsh McLennan Companies, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., and HealthSouth Corporation.. Cari has been appointed to numerous leadership positions in federal courts across the country and serves as Co-Lead Counsel for over 2 million data breach victims in In Re: 21st Century Oncology Customer Data Security Breach Litigation in the Middle District of Florida. She also serves as an appointed member of several leadership committees including: In Re: Experian Data Breach Litigation in the Central District of California, In Re: Vtech Data Breach Litigation, and In Re: 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, both in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.. Over the past 14 years, Cari’s background in nonprofit management and public administration has served her clients well. She is adept at organizing large complex cases, working collaboratively with other counsel, and developing a cogent strategy which achieves short-term goals and long-term successes. Before joining Keller Rohrback in 2003, Cari served as a judicial extern for Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. She is a frequent speaker at national conferences on class actions, identity theft and privacy, and other complex litigation topics.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Erisa attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.