Biography
Susan P. Serota is a partner in the New York office of the law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and National Chair of its Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits practice. She received her law degree from New York University School of Law.
Ms. Serota is a past Chair of the ABA Section on Taxation, and is a past President of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. She is a former Chair of the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits and a former Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the Section on Taxation. Ms. Serota has also served as a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association. Ms. Serota co-chairs the ABA National Institute on Employee Benefits in Corporate Transactions and has been a speaker at the ABA National Institute on Compensation for Executives and Directors. She is a frequent speaker on ERISA fiduciary issues. Ms. Serota serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Benefits Law Journal and Tax Management and has served as Co-Chair of the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association. Ms. Serota is the Editor of ERISA Fiduciary Law, 2d ed. (BNA Books 2011). In 2013, Ms. Serota was named the Employment Lawyer of the Year by Chambers USA Women in Law.