Martina B. Sherman - Northridge, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

Current Employment Position(s)

• Senior Counsel

Past Positions

• Daley, DeBofsky & Bryant, P.C., Associate Attorney, 2011 - 2013

Classes and Seminars

• "Benefit Claims Update," Employee Benefits Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, American Bar Association, 2015
  
• "Benefit Claims: Claims Review, Standard of Review, Discovery and Dispositive Motions," National Institute on ERISA Litigation, American Bar Association, 2015
  
• "Benefit Claims: Administrative Procedures," National Institute on ERISA Basics, American Bar Association, 2014
  
• “Benefit Claims,” Joint Committee on Employee Benefits ERISA Fiduciary Institute, American Bar Association, 2017 & 2019
  
• “Benefit Claims: Alternatives to Litigation,” Employee Benefits Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, American Bar Association, 2019
  
• “What Every Social Security Lawyer Should Know About LTD Claims,” Chicago Bar Association, 2018
  
• “ERISA Litigation Update,” Chicago Bar Association, 2018

Pro Bono Activities

• Equip for Equality Young Professionals Board, 2015 - Present
• United Policyholders Amicus Contributor, 2012 - Present

Representative Cases

• Hennen v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., No. 17-3080, __F.3d__, 2018 WL 4376994 (7th Cir. Sept. 14, 2018)
• Alvarado v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.
  • Citation: No. 14 CV 4717, 2016 WL 4678305 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 6, 2016)
• Fontaine v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.
  • Citation: 800 F.3d 883
  • Court: 7th Cir.
  • Year: 2015
• Halley v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.
  • Citation: No. 13 C 6436, LEXIS 132279 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 30, 2015)
  • Court: U.S. Dist.
  • Year: 2015
• Hoyt v. Colvin
  • Citation: 553 Fed. Appx. 625
  • Court: 7th Cir.
  • Year: 2014
• Warner v. Unum Life Ins. Co.
  • Citation: No. 12 C 02782, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 178765
  • Court: No. Dist. Ill.
  • Year: 2014
• Grant v. Std. Ins. Co.
  • Citation: No. 11 CV 6454, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77940
  • Court: No. Dist. Ill.
  • Year: 2013
• Borich v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.
  • Citation: No. 12 C 734, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59674
  • Court: No. Dist. Ill.
  • Year: 2013
• Ritacco v. Ret. Bd. of the Mun. Emples.’, Officers’, & Officials’ Annuity & Benefit Fund, 2016 IL App (1st) 153262-U, P2, 2016 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1935 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2016)

Published Works

Articles

• Long Term Disability Claims: A Primer for Social Security Attorneys, The Federal Lawyer, 2015
  
• SCOTUS Revisits ERISA Reimbursement in Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan, American Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter, Winter, 2015
  
• Sixth Circuit Determines that an Arbitrary and Capricious Denial of a Benefits Claim Cannot Support a Disgorgement of Profits Award under ERISA § 502(a)(3), American Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter, Summer 2015
  
• Sixth Circuit to Reconsider Whether the Denial of a Benefits Claim Can Support a Disgorgement of Profits Award under ERISA § 502(a)(3), American Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter, Spring 2014
  
• Note, When a Door Closes, A Window Opens: Using Preemption to Challenge State Medicaid Cutbacks, 56 CHI.-KENT L. REV 925, 2011
  

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 2011
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2011
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2011
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2012
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2015

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association, 2011 - Present
• Chicago Bar Association, 2011 - Present
• Federal Bar Association, 2011 - Present