Jon Chatalian’s practice focuses on multiemployer pension plan program litigation, compliance and regulatory matters, and related Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) issues.

Jon assists firm clients on pension and welfare plan issues affecting employers, including:

• Addressing pension issues involved in the participation in and withdrawal from defined benefit multiemployer pension plans.
• Devising and implementing strategies for reducing exposure.
• Litigating withdrawal liability disputes.

Jon counsels employers on single-employer defined benefit plan matters, including the terminations of single-employer plans. He advises clients on pension and other collectively bargained benefit matters involved in corporate restructurings and transactions. Jon also serves as plan counsel for employer sponsored employee benefit plans.

Jon advises employers on the impact of potential legislative reform to the multiemployer plan system.

Prior to joining Akin, Jon served as deputy assistant general counsel of PBGC, where he was responsible for overseeing, managing and coordinating the work of legal and actuarial teams for all multiemployer pension plan program litigation, compliance and regulatory matters.

As a member of the PBGC working team, Jon coordinated with Congressional staff on multiemployer pension plan legislative reform proposals. He also worked on the team responsible for the implementation of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Reform Act. In addition to his multiemployer pension plan work, he represented the PBGC before U.S. Bankruptcy and District Courts in various ERISA cases affecting the agency.

Jon is a contributing author for the American Bar Association (ABA) Labor and Employment Section’s Employee Benefits Law treatise (4th edition).