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FELLOW'S WEB SITEDiane Soubly
Ann Arbor, MI
Diane M. Soubly is one of the few attorneys nationally who has been elected a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and the American College of Employee Benefits Council.
As an Adjunct Professor in the Labor and Employment Certification Program at Chicago-Kent College of Law for a decade, she has developed four courses: Employee Benefits Law and Litigation; Tribal Law; Harassment, Bullying, Human Trafficking, and Violence in the Workplace; and Privacy Rights in Employment. One of her students won a writing award in the ACEBC annual writing competition.
She has 40 years of experience in plan design (including Affordable Care Act and HIPAA “Final Rules” compliance) and in ERISA and employee benefits litigation brought as class actions or by multiple/individual plaintiffs (including claims for pension and health care benefits for employees and retirees, severance pay benefits, executive compensation, benefit denial or revocation, illegal plan design), claims of fiduciary breach in both the private and public sector (including prohibited transactions, stock drop, and excessive fees), discrimination claims under various statutes, ERISA 510 claims, trustee disputes, and claims involving multiemployer plans.
She also has over 40 years of experience before agencies and in individual, multiple plaintiff, and class action litigation alleging employment claims (including collective bargaining disputes, force reduction plans, discrimination, trade secrets and wage and hour litigation, and employment termination).
A former member of the ICLE Labor Advisory Board for over ten years before practicing outside of Michigan, and a former Board member of the American Benefits Council and a member of its Health Care Task Force, she is a frequent contributor and presenter on labor and employment and employee benefits issues for state and national organizations. The Contributing Editor of the Benefits Law Journal and a member of its Editorial Advisory Board, she is a frequent author of amicus briefs for national associations such as The Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the American Benefits Council on labor and employment and employee benefits issues.
Diane has judged briefs in the ACEBC Nell Hennessey Annual Moot Court Competition every year since its inception, and she serves on the Adjunct Professors Committee and on the Deceased Fellows Website Committee.
She has been recognized in Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers in Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, and ERISA Litigation.
Multiemployer Plans
Over 15 years experience in multiemployer plan disputes, involving such issues as delinquent contributions, withdrawal liability, trustee disputes, fiduciary breach, and illegal plan design. Over 40 years of experience as a labor and employment lawyer, including issues that bear upon collectively bargained plans and public sector plans. Adjunct professor of employee benefits law and litigation at Chicago-Kent Law School. Frequent speaker on the interstices between benefits law and litigation and labor and employment law and litigation. Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Regional Activities Committee member; prior Sixth Circuit Credentials Committee Chair and member).
Fringe Benefits
Over 40 years experience designing force reduction programs with severance pay benefits and enhanced voluntary force reduction programs in both the collectively bargained and non-collectively bargained context, and in litigating severance pay and executive compensation disputes involving plan design claims, discrimination claims, retiree insurance benefit claims, ERISA 510 claims, plan mismanagement claims, fiduciary and co-fiduciary breach claims, benefit denial claims (for key employees and others), ERISA preemption, and federal common law claims. Over 40 years of experience as a labor and employment lawyer, including issues that bear upon collectively bargained plans and public sector plans. Adjunct professor of employee benefits law and litigation at Chicago-Kent Law School. Frequent speaker on the interstices between benefits law and litigation and labor and employment law and litigation. Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Regional Activities Committee member; prior Sixth Circuit Credentials Committee Chair and member).
Health and Welfare Plans
40 years experience litigating health and welfare benefit plan cases in class action and multiple/individual plaintiff cases (involving private and public sector plans), including plan design claims, discrimination claims, retiree insurance benefit claims, ERISA 510 claims, plan mismanagement claims, fiduciary and co-fiduciary breach claims, benefit denial claims, ERISA preemption, and federal common law claims. 15 years experience on Affordable Care Act issues and implementation. Over 40 years of experience as a labor and employment lawyer, including issues that bear upon collectively bargained plans and public sector plans. Adjunct professor of employee benefits law and litigation at Chicago-Kent Law School. Frequent speaker on the interstices between benefits law and litigation and labor and employment law and litigation. Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Regional Activities Committee member; prior Sixth Circuit Credentials Committee Chair and member).
DB Plans
40 years experience litigating defined benefit plan cases in class action and multiple/individual plaintiff cases, including plan design claims, anti-cutback rule violations, plan mismanagement claims, fiduciary and co-fiduciary breach claims, benefit denial or benefit revocation claims, ERISA preemption, federal common law claims, and ERISA 510 claims. Adjunct professor of employee benefits law and litigation at Chicago-Kent Law School. Frequent speaker on the interstices between benefits law and litigation and labor and employment law and litigation. Over 40 years of experience as a labor and employment lawyer, including issues that bear upon collectively bargained plans and public sector plans. Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Regional Activities Committee member; prior Sixth Circuit Credentials Committee Chair and member).
DC Plans
40 years experience litigating defined contribution plan cases, including illegal or discriminatory plan design claims, fiduciary and co-fiduciary breach claims, self-dealing and conflicts of interest, prohibited transactions, stock drop claims and excessive fee claims. Adjunct professor of employee benefits law and litigation at Chicago-Kent Law School. Frequent speaker on the interstices between benefits law and litigation and labor and employment law and litigation. Over 40 years of experience as a labor and employment lawyer, including issues that bear upon collectively bargained plans and public sector plans. Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Regional Activities Committee member; prior Sixth Circuit Credentials Committee Chair and member).
