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- District of Columbia
- Michigan
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits
- U.S. District Court for District of Columbia; Maryland; Colorado; Eastern District of Michigan
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| Education |
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- J.D., American University, 1976
- B.A., Michigan State University, 1973
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| Professional Affiliations |
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- Member, American Bar Association Section of Litigation; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section; Chair, Corporate Counsel (1997-1998); Vice Chair, Corporate Counsel (1992-1997); Vice Chair, Employee Benefits Law (1995-1997; 2000-2007); Member, Class Action Litigation Task Force of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section
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| | | Waldemar J. Pflepsen, Jr.
PartnerWashington, D.C. Email: wjp@jordenusa.com
Phone: 202.965.8133
Fax: 202.965.8104 Waldemar Pflepsen is chair of the Firm's Class Action Law practice. He represents financial services companies, insurers and managed care companies in complex litigation regarding their life, pension, health, and investment products. Mr. Pflepsen also has experience in a broad range of corporate and commercial lawsuits. He has tried numerous cases and argued multiple appeals in federal and state courts. Representative Matters
- Sereboff v. Mid-Atlantic Med. Serv., Inc., 126 S. Ct. 1869 (2006)
- Thorn v. Jefferson-Pilot Life Ins. Co., 445 F.3d 311 (4th Cir. 2006)
- Bradberry v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co., 222 F.R.D. 568 (W.D. Tenn. 2004)
- Bowers v. Jefferson Pilot Financial Ins. Co., 219 F.R.D. 578 (E.D. Mich. 2004)
- McCord v. Minnesota Mut. Life Ins. Co., 346 F.3d 830 (8th. Cir. 2003)
- Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co., et al. v. Knudson, et al., 534 U.S. 204 (2002)
- Parkhill v. Minnesota Mut. Life Ins. Co., 286 F.3d 1051 (8th Cir. 2002)
- Gilbert v. Alta Health & Life Ins. Co., et al., 276 F.3d 1292 (11th Cir. 2001)
- Benevento, et al. v. LifeUSA Holding, Inc., 242 F.3d 136 (3d Cir. 2001)
- Mertens v. Hewitt Assocs., 508 U.S. 248 (1993)
- Windsor Sec., Inc. v. Hartford Life Ins. Co., 986 F.2d 655 (3d Cir. 1993)
- Ziegler v. Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co., 916 F.2d 548 (9th Cir. 1990)
- LaVay Corp. v. Dominion Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n., 830 F.2d 522 (4th Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1065 (1988)
- Wemhoff v. Investors Mgmt Corp., 528 A.2d 1205 (D.C. App. 1987), cert. denied, 491 U.S. 906 (1989)
Speeches and Publications
- Speaker: Multiple industry and bar groups on various insurance and litigation topics
- Member: Editorial Board, "Class Action Reports." (Thomson West)
- Co-author: "Handbook on ERISA Litigation," Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen Publishers (3d ed. 2007)
- Contributing Author: "Managed Care Litigation," published by BNA Books (2005)
- Author: "Update: Recent Life Insurance and Financial Services Class Action Litigation," 11th Annual ALI-ABA Advanced Conference on Insurance Industry and Financial Services Litigation (2006)
- Author: "Insurance Broker Compensation Practices: Litigation/Regulatory Developments," Annual Law Conference on Health Insurance Plans, AHIP/AHLA (2005)
- Author: "Managed Health Care Class Action Developments," ABA 5th Annual Managed Care Law Summit (2002)
- Author: "Hot Topics in Health Care Litigation," ABA Annual Meeting (2000)
- Author: "Managed Care Class Action Lawsuits," ABA TIPS Midwinter Meeting (2000)
- Author: "Market Conduct Annuity Litigation," ALI-ABA Conference on Life Insurance Litigation (1999)
- Author: "ERISA Fiduciary Issues for Insurers in the Handling of Employee Benefits Plan Claims," 30 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 895 (1995)
- Author: "Recent Developments in ERISA Pension Litigation Against Insurers: Trends in Fiduciary, Non-Fiduciary and Co-Fiduciary Liability," 27 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 65 (1991)
- Co-Author: "Recent Developments of Interest to Corporate Counsel," 33 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 357 (Winter 1998), 32 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 287 (Winter 1997), and 31 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 199 (Winter 1996)
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