Eva T. Cantarella
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Employee Benefits Attorney in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
- Employee Benefits (80%),
- Tax: Business (20%)
As a partner with the Hertz Schram PC law firm in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, attorney Eva T. Cantarella focuses her practice primarily on ERISA, pension law and property tax appeals, serving clients throughout Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
An accomplished attorney, she has prosecuted 14 class action suits and represented numerous individual employees with their cases involving pension benefits, securing more than $120 million to date. Most recently, she and her partners recovered over $39 million in a class action on behalf of a group of disabled persons whose disability retirement benefits were drastically and unlawfully reduced. In addition, Ms. Cantarella has extensive experience practicing before the Michigan Tax Tribunal, having assisted hundreds of clients with their property tax appeals cases.
Ms. Cantarella began her legal career in 1994 after obtaining her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Wayne State University Law School in Detroit and her license to practice from the State Bar of Michigan. In addition to practicing before the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan, she can legally practice before the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Supreme Court and 12 of the 13 Circuits of the U.S. Courts of Appeals.
Well-versed in her practice areas, Ms. Cantarella has published numerous articles and delivered lectures and commentary on various topics related to ERISA, pension law, and employee benefits. She also serves as a continuing legal education instructor for the Commercial Board of Realtors and the International Council of Shopping Centers, and she is a member of the State Bar of Michigan Tax Section and the ASPPA Benefits Council of Detroit.
Employee Benefits (80%)
Tax (20%)
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About Eva Cantarella
Admitted: 1994, Michigan
Professional Webpage: http://www.pensionjustice4you.net/Our-Pension-Team/Eva-Canta...
Honors and Awards:
- Finance Monthly Pension Lawyer of the Year, USA, 2017
- Lawyer Monthly Women in Law (in practice area of pensions), 2017
- Named a Leading Lawyer by Leading Lawyers, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing, 2016
- Lawyer Monthly Women in Law (in practice area of labor and employment), 2016
- Named a Leading Lawyer by Leading Lawyers, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing, 2015
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member, ASPPA Benefits Council of Detroit (a/k/a ABC of Detroit)
- Michigan Bar, Tax Section
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
Pro bono/Community Service:
- I provide hundreds of free telephone consults on myriad pension issues each year.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- A Class Act: ERISA Pension Claims and the Class Action Mechanism (published in the National Lawyers Weekly and Michigan Lawyers Weekly), 2002
- Employee Benefits Committee - Cash Balance Plans, Chicago Bar Association, 2004
- Pension Issues, Michigan Center for Aging Policies, 2004
- Pension Issues, IRS &Treasury Department, 2003
- ERISA Litigation Seminar, Oakland County Bar Association, 2003
- Cash Balance Plans, Michigan Bar, Tax Section Employee Benefits Subcommittee, 2000
- Corporate Funds Forum - Round Table on Cash Balance Plans, Investment Management Institute, 2000
- Corporate Funds Forum - Cash Balance Plans - The Right Way, Investment Management Institute, 1999
- Cash Balance Plans, ISCEBS - Detroit Area Chapter, 2000
- Cash Balance Plans, Employee Benefit Security Administration, 1999
- ERISA Fiduciary Compliance Review, Deloitte & Touche, 1999
- Practical Law - Pensions, Comcast Cable Television, 2003
- Practical Law - Employee Benefits, Comcast Cable Television, 1997
- Law Review: Wayne Law Review, Wayne State University Law School
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Underwood v. Carpenters Pension Trust Fund - Detroit & Vicinity Pension Plan, 2016
- Lyons v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. Salaried Employees Retirement Plan
- Crosby v. Bowater Incorporated Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees
- Humphrey v. United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast
Representative Clients:
- For Pension Issues: Pension Plan Participants, Retirees, and Beneficiaries of These Individuals. For Property Tax Appeals: Owners of Commercial and Industrial Real Property
Educational Background:
- Oakland University, Rochester, B.A. in Political Science & Economics, Summa Cum Laude, Awards in Mathematics
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Last Updated: 6/30/2017