SEND AN E-MAIL TO THIS FELLOWJoseph C. Faucher
Los Angeles, CA
Joseph C. Faucher is a Director in the Los Angeles office of the employee benefits law firm Trucker Huss, APC. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1988 and has focused his practice on ERISA and employee benefits litigation since 1990. He has been admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Bar of the United States Supreme Court. He has been recognized in the areas of ERISA Litigation and Employee Benefits Law by Best Lawyers® for 2024 and 2025. Joe is also a volunteer mediator for the United States District Court for the Central District of California Mediation Panel.
Joe has handled a wide range of litigation matters involving virtually every manner of employee benefit plan, including privately sponsored retirement plans, health and welfare benefit plans, employee stock ownership plans (“ESOPs”), multiemployer pension plans and retirement plans and welfare benefit plans sponsored by governmental entities. He has represented defendants in individual claims and cIass action litigation matters, has represented trustees in multiemployer plan deadlock arbitration proceedings, and has represented trustees and other fiduciaries in connection with investigations by the United States Department of Labor.
In recent years, Joe was an active part of a team that successfully defended the State of California’s “CalSavers” individual retirement account payroll deferral program. That case involved a challenge by a taxpayer rights organization arguing that the law enacting the CalSavers program was preempted by ERISA. Since obtaining a favorable result before the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, CalSavers assets under management – which will benefit Californians who would otherwise lack retirement savings because their employers do not sponsor retirement plans - are approaching $1 billion.
Joe also maintains an active sub-specialty practice in litigation involving ESOPs, frequently representing independent ESOP trustees, committees, and other fiduciaries, most often in cases challenging ESOPs’ acquisition of company stock.
Joe is a prolific writer regarding ERISA and employee benefits topics, having been a regular contributor for the Journal of Pension Benefits for over 25 years. For several years running he has been a chapter editor for the employee benefits treatise “ERISA – A Comprehensive Guide.” Joe is also a sought-after speaker regarding ESOP litigation, fiduciary litigation trends and service provider liability. He recently acted as Chair of the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Employee Benefits Committee. He has been regularly recognized since 2009 as a Southern California “Super Lawyer.”
Joe is a 1985 graduate of the University of Iowa (Go Hawks!) and received his law degree from the University of California, King Hall School of Law in 1988.
