Camille Castro - Washington, DC
Attorney at The Wagner Law Group
ERISA & Employee Benefits Lawyers in Washington, DC
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Second Floor Washington, DC 20006
Washington ERISA & Employee Benefits Lawyer
Updated: 05/14/2026
Areas of Practice
- ERISA & Employee Benefits
- PBGC
- Fiduciary Compliance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Attorney Information
Overview
With over a decade of experience in pension and employee benefits law, Camille brings a wealth of experience in matters related to ERISA and pension plans. Her career at PBGC has provided Camille with a unique understanding of federal pension insurance programs and the intricacies of government regulations that impact plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and participants.
In her role at the PBGC’s Office of the Advocate, Camille served as a liaison between participants, plan sponsors and the PBGC. She assisted plan sponsors in resolving disputes with the agency involving distress terminations, post-termination negotiations, PBGC premiums, standard terminations, and other issues arising under Title IV of ERISA. She also advised participants with benefit entitlement claims, questions about PBGC’s policies and procedures, and other complex benefits administration questions. Camille created the PBGC Office of the Advocate’s Pension Plan Tracing Service, designed to assist participants with historical pension plan research and related benefit claims. She also served as technical point of contact for a study commissioned by the Advocate on pension plan de-risking.
Camille is a frequent presenter at employee benefits conferences, including the American Academy of Actuaries Annual Meeting, the Pension Counseling & Information Program National Conference, as well as the International Pension & Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA) Biennial Conference where she also served in 2024 as Vice-Chair of the Conference Organizing Committee. Camille earned an LL.M in Taxation with a Certificate in Employee Benefits Law from Georgetown University Law Center, a J.D. from Syracuse University School of Law, and a B.A. from Boston College. She is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and New York.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- 2019 International Pension & Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA) Young Practitioners’ Award
Education
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Legal Education
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Georgetown University Law Center,
Washington,
District of Columbia, May, 2012
LL.M.
Major: Taxation with Certificate in Employee Benefits Law -
Syracuse University College of Law,
Syracuse,
New York, May, 2010
J.D. with Certificate in Family Law & Social Policy
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Georgetown University Law Center,
Washington,
District of Columbia, May, 2012
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Non Legal Education
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Boston College, May, 2007
B.A.
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Boston College, May, 2007
Current Employment Position(s)
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Of Counsel
Classes and Seminars
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Comparative Approaches to Dealing with Missing Plan Members - Speaker, International Pension & Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA) Biennial Meeting, Dublin Ireland, May 19, 2026
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Settlement of Pension Liabilities - panelist, Spring 2026 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting, May 8, 2026
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Panelist, American Bar Association (“ABA”) May 2026 Tax Section, Defined Benefits Subcommittee Meeting, May 8, 2026
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Working with the PBGC - Panelist, Conference of Consulting Actuaries 2025 Meeting, October 16, 2025
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American Academy of Actuaries Annual Meeting (2024)
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Pension Counseling & Information Program National Conference (2018 – 2024)
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IPEBLA Biennial Conference (2018; 2024) - Served as Vice-Chair of the Conference Organizing Committee for 2024
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ABA’s Section of Taxation Midwinter Meeting (2018; 2020)
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Conference of Consulting Actuaries Enrolled Actuaries Conference (2018 – 2019)
- Delivered presentations for organizations including the American Benefits Council, the ERISA Industry Committee, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Financial Executives International, and the SPARK Institute.
Published Works
Articles
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Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate: An Overview, American Bar Association’s (ABA) Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter (Fall 2019)
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Peculiar Polar Policy: The Internal Revenue Service’s Treatment of Antarctica, 60 SYRACUSE L. REV. 385 (2010)
Bar Admissions
- New York, 2011
- District of Columbia, 2012
Other Affiliations
- ABA Tax Section Defined Benefits Subcommittee Leadership, February 2026 – present
Contact
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Second Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-969-2800
Fax: 202-969-2568
Email: Send a message
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