Atty. Jennifer A. Clark
With over 40 years of litigation experience, Jennifer A. Clark is highly regarded for her body of work in employee benefits litigation.
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Jennifer A. Clark is an Of Counsel based in Syracuse, New York, practicing at Blitman & King LLP. They have 44+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1982. Their practice focuses on employment, creditor rights, and litigation. Admitted to practice in New York (1982), U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York (1983), U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of New York (1983), and U.S. District Court, Western District of New York (1983). Educated at Albany Law School (J.D., 1981) and Colgate University (B.A. State, 1978). Recognitions include BV Distinguished. Serands clients in Syracuse, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- With over 40 years of litigation experience, Jennifer A. Clark is highly regarded for her body of work in employee benefits litigation
- Jennifer’s litigation practice includes all types of claims arising under ERISA, including collections, withdrawal liability, fiduciary breaches, preemption, and benefit claims
- She maintains a large and active practice representing multiemployer plans in the collection of delinquent contributions under ERISA, the New York Lien Law, New York Labor Law, New York State Finance Law, and the Bankruptcy Code
- Jennifer is also active in monitoring important employee benefits litigation and submits amicus curiae briefs to advocate client positions
- In addition, she has significant experience with matters arising under the Employer Withdrawal provisions of ERISA and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Significant Representations • Appeal of action to collect delinquent contributions which resulted in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ pronouncement that employee benefit plans are entitled to recover contributions, interest, attorneys’ fees and costs from an individual if the contributions are designated as trust assets, the individual made decisions concerning the corporation’s payment of contributions, and the individual failed to remit contributions under his control
- Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 2 Albany, New York Pension Fund v
- Moulton Masonry & Construction LLC, 779 F.3d 182 (2d Cir. 2015), on remand, Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 2 Albany, New York Pension Fund v
- Moulton Masonry & Construction LLC, 2015 U.S
- Dist
- LEXIS 89336 (N.D.N.Y 2015). • Trial and appeal of action to collect delinquent contributions which resulted in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ pronouncement that employee benefit plans are entitled to recover ERISA statutory remedies as long as the contributions are unpaid at the filing of the action
- employer’s payment of contributions prior to entry of judgment does not defeat funds’ rights
- Iron Workers District Council of Western New York and Vicinity Welfare and Pension Funds v
- Hudson Steel Fabricators and Erectors, 68 F.3d 1502 (2d Cir. 1995). • Summary judgment finding that companies were alter egos, bound to the collective bargaining agreement and liable for delinquent fringe benefit contributions
- company’s defense of fraud in the inducement and request for return of contributions dismissed by Court
- Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 2, Albany v
- C.G
- Yantch, Inc., 316 F.Supp.2d 130 (N.D.N.Y. 2003)
- Plumbers Local Union No. 112 Pension, Health and Education and Apprenticeship Plans v
- Mauro’s Plumbing, Heating & Fire Suspension, Inc., 84 F.Supp.2d 344 (N.D.N.Y. 2000). • Summary judgment finding plans entitled to permanent injunction directing employers to timely remit contributions and deductions and to comply with contractual agreements
- Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 2, Albany, New York Pension Fund v
- Northeast King Construction, Inc., 2009 U.S
- Dist
- LEXIS 50577 (N.D.N.Y. 2009)
- Iron Workers Local 12 Pension Fund v
- Catskill Mountain Mechanical, LLC, 2009 U.S
- Dist
- LEXIS 38885 (N.D.N.Y. 2009)
- Onondaga County Laborers’ Health, Welfare, Pension, Annuity and Training Funds v
- Sal Masonry Contractors, Inc., 1992 U.S
- Dist
- LEXIS 4715 (N.D.N.Y. 1992). • Appeal of case that resulted in Appellate Division’s pronouncement that ERISA does not preempt the New York Lien Law or claims arising under labor and material payment bonds
- decision established employee benefit plans’ right to recover contributions and interest under State Finance Law and Lien Law
- Alibrandi Building Systems, Inc. v
- Wm
- C. Pahl Construction Co., Inc., 187 A.D.2d 954 (4th Dept. 1992). • Summary judgment finding company liable for contributions for all employees performing bargaining unit work, including non-union individuals
- Plumbers Local Union No. 112 Pension, Health and Education and Apprenticeship Plans v
- Mauro’s Plumbing, Heating & Fire Suspension, Inc., 84 F.Supp.2d 344 (N.D.N.Y. 2000)
- Central Pension Fund of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Participating Employers v
- Murphy’s Tire, Inc., 1998 U.S
- Dist
- LEXIS 19369 (N.D.N.Y. 1998). • Summary judgment granting employee benefit plans an accounting under the New York Lien Law and finding that an action under ERISA to collect contributions does not preclude plans from pursuing Lien Law remedies
- International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local No. 26 Welfare Fund v
- Hebert Industrial Insulation, Inc., 234 A.D.2d 930 (4th Dept. 1996). • Summary judgment upholding pension plan’s denial of benefits and finding participant’s action barred by the statute of limitations since it was not filed within six (6) years from participant’s receipt of benefit statement
- Vail v
- Plumbers, Pipefitters & Apprentices Local No. 112 Pension Fund, 121 F.Supp.2d 176 (N.D.N.Y. 2001). • Arbitration award dismissing employer’s challenge to pension fund’s assessment of withdrawal liability since arbitration was not timely initiated by the employer
- L.B
- Smith and Engineers Joint Pension Fund, Case No. 315-885-39095 (2006). • Submitted amicus curiae briefs to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in the following published opinions: Burgio and Campofelice, Inc. v
- NYS Dep’t of Labor, 107 F. 3d 1000 (2d Cir. 1997)
- Plumbing Industry Board, Plumbing Local Union No. 1 v
- E.W
- Howell Co., Inc., 126 F. 3d 61 (2d Cir. 1997)
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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Why local counsel matters in New York
Practicing law in New York. Legal matters in New York are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Syracuse are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New York state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New York brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New York courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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