Jason Roberts heads the firm's ERISA Plan and Investment Fiduciary Group. His practice focuses primarily on ERISA/Pension Protection Act compliance and risk assessment as well as regulatory defense matters.

Jason was the recipient of the B.E. Witkin Award for both Contracts and Legal Writing and Research and was an articles editor for the UCLA Law School Journal of Law and Technology. In 2002, he served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Since joining the firm in 2003, Jason has represented clients in federal and state court at the trial and appellate level (including the United States Supreme Court) and in arbitrations before the FINRA and NYSE. He has also counseled clients involved in government enforcement proceedings and employment disputes.

Jason regularly speaks on fiduciary adviser standards and ERISA plan compliance. Most recently, he was nominated as one of the "top influencers" of the 401k industry by 401kWire and appointed to the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Employer Resource Institute’s California Employer Adviser and California Employment Law Answers publications.  Jason also serves on the board of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Financial Planning Association overseeing Professional and Legislative Issues/Government Relations, as well as the Investment Fiduciary Leadership Council's Fiduciary Roundtable.

EDUCATION
• University of California, Los Angeles, Juris Doctor, 2004
• University of Missouri, Columbia, B.S.B.A. Finance and Banking, 1998
• Imperial College, London, Int'l Trade Theory Summer Program, 1997
• FINRA Compliance Boot Camp
 
PRACTICES
ERISA Plan Consulting
Fiduciary Adviser Risk Assessment (for investment firms/professionals)
Fiduciary Risk Assessment (for plan sponsors and providers)
Government Enforcement Counseling
FINRA, SEC, DOL, PPA and ERISA Compliance
Securities Litigation (including employment, trade secret, and corporate raiding)

PUBLICATIONS
• Emerging Trends for PPA Fiduciary Advisers
• What Steps Should Your Firm be Taking to Secure its Place in the
  401(k) Investment Advice Market?
• Summary of DOL Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2007-01:
   Additional Guidance for RIAs and Broker-Dealers Re PPA
• The Pension Protection Act:  Potential for Profits and Pitfalls
• Customizing Conception: A Survey of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis   and the Resulting Social, Ethical, and Legal Dilemmas



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