Marcia S. Wagner

Attorney Marcia S. Wagner is the founder and managing partner of The Wagner Law Group, which is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with 11 additional law offices across the country. Established in 1996 as a certified woman-owned business, her law firm has grown to become one of the largest and most successful practices in the United States for ERISA and employment matters as well as many other legal areas. 

Ms. Wagner herself has nearly 35 years of total legal experience, and she provides unmatched counsel and support to a diverse range of clients throughout her region and across the country who have legal needs involving any of the following:

·       ERISA

·       Employee benefits and executive compensation

·       Expert witness services

·       Workers' compensation

·       Mergers and acquisitions

·       Legislative matters

·       Regulatory and policy services

·       Independent fiduciary services

·       HIPAA privacy and security matters

·       Bankruptcy and restructuring

Regarded as an authority on virtually all areas of employee benefit matters, Ms. Wagner has published two dozen books and hundreds of articles, and she has appeared on national news outlets and in prominent newspapers and magazines, where she has offered in-depth legal commentary on a variety of topics. She has also served as chair of the Employee Plans subcommittee that was part of the IRS Tax Exempt & Government Entities Advisory Committee. She has also conducted many classes and seminars as well as facilitating webinars and podcasts.

A Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, Ms. Wagner serves on the Legg Mason Retirement Advisory Council, and she is on the advisory board of many other legal organizations. She has also received numerous awards and honors for her outstanding professionalism, including consistent recognition from Best Lawyers and perennial designation as one of the top women attorneys in Massachusetts and the entire country.

Ms. Wagner graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1983 within the top 5% of foreign students, and she graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University in 1984. She obtained her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1987, where she received the John M. Olin research fellowship in Law and Economics and an economics teaching fellowship at Harvard College as well as a listing in the Who's Who Among American Law Students.