SEND AN E-MAIL TO THIS FELLOWRichard J. Pautler
St. Louis, MO
Rick Pautler is a partner with Thompson Coburn LLP in St. Louis, Missouri. For 30 years he has concentrated his practice on defending defendants in ERISA litigation. Rick has appeared as lead counsel in more than 80 reported ERISA court opinions originating from more than 30 district courts and 30 ERISA appellate court opinions originating from eight different circuits. These cases have included:
* Ghouri v. Johnson & Johnson Long Term Disability Plan, 2010 WL 4860888 (9th Cir. Nov. 30, 2010);
* Pendleton v. QuikTrip Corporation, 567 F.3d 988 (8th Cir. 2009);
* Jenkins v. Price Waterhouse Long Term Disability Plan, 564 F.3d 856 (7th Cir. 2009);
* Berger v. Xerox Retirement Income Guarantee Plan, 338 F.3d 755 (7th Cir. 2003);
* Wald v. Southwestern Bell Corp. Customers Medical Plan, 83 F.3d 1002 (8th Cir. 1996);
* Vartanian v. Monsanto, 14 F.3d 697 (1st Cir. 1994) and 131 F.3d 264 (1st Cir. 1997);
* Blair v. Pension Committee of Johnson & Johnson, 831 F.Supp.2d 1021 (W.D. Ky. 2011);
* Rodriguez v. PepsiCo Long Term Disability Plan, 716 F.Supp.2d 855 (N.D. Cal. 2010);
* Brantley v. Pepsi Bottling, Group, Inc., 718 F.Supp.2d 903 (E.D. Tenn. 2010);
* Kannapien v. Quaker Oats Co., 433 F.Supp.2d 895 (N.D.Ill. 2006); and
* Keach v. U.S. Trust Co. N.A., 313 F.Supp.2d 818 (C.D.Ill. 2004)
