Martina B. Sherman
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150 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1925, Chicago, IL 60606
About Martina B. Sherman
Practice Areas
- Employment
Education
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 2011J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Labor & Employment Law Certificate
- Law Review: Chicago-Kent Law Review, Notes & Comments Editor, 2010 - 2011
- Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, New York, 2005B.A.
- Major: Political Science
Representative Cases
- Hennen v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., No. 17-3080, __F.3d__, 2018 WL 4376994 (7th Cir. Sept. 14, 2018)
- Alvarado v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. 14 CV 4717, 2016 WL 4678305 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 6, 2016)
- Fontaine v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 800 F.3d 883 (7th Cir. 2015)
- Halley v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. 13 C 6436, LEXIS 132279 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 30, 2015) (U.S. Dist. 2015)
- Hoyt v. Colvin, 553 Fed. Appx. 625 (7th Cir. 2014)
- Warner v. Unum Life Ins. Co., No. 12 C 02782, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 178765 (No. Dist. Ill. 2014)
- Grant v. Std. Ins. Co., No. 11 CV 6454, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77940 (No. Dist. Ill. 2013)
- Borich v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., No. 12 C 734, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59674 (No. Dist. Ill. 2013)
- Ritacco v. Ret. Bd. of the Mun. Emples.’, Officers’, & Officials’ Annuity & Benefit Fund, 2016 IL App (1st) 153262-U, P2, 2016 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1935 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2016)
Classes and Seminars
- "Benefit Claims Update," Employee Benefits Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, American Bar Association, 2015
- "Benefit Claims: Claims Review, Standard of Review, Discovery and Dispositive Motions," National Institute on ERISA Litigation, American Bar Association, 2015
- "Benefit Claims: Administrative Procedures," National Institute on ERISA Basics, American Bar Association, 2014
- “Benefit Claims,” Joint Committee on Employee Benefits ERISA Fiduciary Institute, American Bar Association, 2017 & 2019
- “Benefit Claims: Alternatives to Litigation,” Employee Benefits Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, American Bar Association, 2019
- “What Every Social Security Lawyer Should Know About LTD Claims,” Chicago Bar Association, 2018
- “ERISA Litigation Update,” Chicago Bar Association, 2018
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 2011
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2011
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2011
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2012
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2015
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association, 2011 - Present
- Chicago Bar Association, 2011 - Present
- Federal Bar Association, 2011 - Present
Past Positions
- Daley, DeBofsky & Bryant, P.C., Associate Attorney, 2011 - 2013
Articles
Published Works
- Long Term Disability Claims: A Primer for Social Security Attorneys
- SCOTUS Revisits ERISA Reimbursement in Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan
- Sixth Circuit Determines that an Arbitrary and Capricious Denial of a Benefits Claim Cannot Support a Disgorgement of Profits Award under ERISA § 502(a)(3)
- Sixth Circuit to Reconsider Whether the Denial of a Benefits Claim Can Support a Disgorgement of Profits Award under ERISA § 502(a)(3)
- Note, When a Door Closes, A Window Opens: Using Preemption to Challenge State Medicaid Cutbacks
Office Info
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