Clarissa A. Kang

San Francisco, CA

Clarissa A. Kang is a director at the employee benefits law firm of Trucker Huss, APC in San Francisco, California. Since 2003, Ms. Kang has specialized in the area of employee benefits and ERISA litigation, appearing before federal and state courts at trial and appellate levels. Clarissa is admitted to practice before the state and federal district courts of California (Northern, Central, Eastern, Southern), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit Court of Appeals, the state and federal district courts of Hawaii, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

As a director in Trucker Huss’s nationally recognized ERISA litigation group (First Tier Nationally in US News and World Report Best Lawyers), she has handled a broad spectrum of litigation, including cases involving benefit claims, fiduciary issues, plan administration, plan investments, multiemployer plans, withdrawal liability, delinquent contributions, plan reimbursement and subrogation, non-ERISA benefit plans (such as governmental plans and church plans), and class action claims. In addition to serving as an advocate in active litigation, Clarissa advises and represents retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and plan fiduciaries in investigations and agency actions commenced by the U.S. Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Clarissa is a recognized leader in diversity and inclusion matters, having been awarded the Minority Bar Coalition’s Unity Award in 2015 and serving on diversity and inclusion committees within Trucker Huss and the Employee Benefits Committee of the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section.
Clarissa is also a frequent presenter and author on ERISA litigation, plan administration, benefit claims administration and fiduciary responsibility.

Clarissa has been named as a Northern California Super Lawyer every year since 2014 and was selected as one of the top 50 women lawyers and top 100 lawyers in 2022 and 2023. Chambers USA has individually recognized Clarissa in the area of ERISA Litigation, USA – Nationwide in 2022. She was listed in Best Lawyers in America, in the field of ERISA litigation for 2020 and 2021.