Mary J. Bortscheller

Mary J. Bortscheller is a Partner at Cohen Milstein and a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits Practice Group. In her role, Ms. Bortscheller represents the interests of employees, retirees, and plan participants and beneficiaries in ERISA cases in the district court and on appeal.

Ms. Bortscheller is a hands-on, strategic litigator, thoroughly versed in the complexities of ERISA law. In 2019, she was named a Law360 “Rising Star,” recognizing lawyers under the age of 40 whose professional accomplishments transcend their age.

Ms. Bortscheller is involved in a series of groundbreaking cases involving employer-sponsored defined benefit plans known as “church plans,” where non-profit health care systems in the United States claim their benefit plans are exempt from ERISA regulation under the church plan exemption. Ms. Bortscheller also represents employees in litigation involving 401(k) plans and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) in complex breach of fiduciary duty litigation under ERISA.