Dylan Rudolph

Of Counsel

Dylan Rudolph represents plan sponsors, trustees, and other fiduciaries in a wide range of ERISA and employee benefit cases, including complex ERISA class actions involving 401(k) and 403(b) defined contribution plans, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), traditional defined benefit pension plans, multiemployer “Taft-Hartley” plans, and executive compensation arrangements. In addition to his litigation practice, Dylan represents plan sponsors and fiduciaries in investigations by the US Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service, and Securities and Exchange Commission, and advises fiduciaries on best practices and risk mitigation.

Dylan’s litigation experience includes cases involving plan investments, fees and expenses, the creation and sale of ESOPs, employer securities, the use of plan forfeitures, actuarial equivalence disputes, health and welfare issues, and executive “top hat” plans.

Dylan frequently speaks and writes on employee benefits matters. He serves as an advisory board member of The ESOP Association’s Legislative and Regulatory Committee, vice-chair of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, and co-editor of the ABA TIPS Newsletter.

University of San Francisco School of Law, 2011, J.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007, B.A., political science

California
United States Supreme Court
US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
US District Court for the Northern District of California
US District Court for Central District of California
US District Court for the Eastern District of California
US District Court for the Southern District of California

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year, Litigation (ERISA), San Francisco (2025)

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation (ERISA), San Francisco (2023–2025)

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, San Francisco (2021, 2022)

Rising Star, Northern California Super Lawyers (2018–2024)

Member, Legislative and Regulatory Committee, The ESOP Association

Vice-Chair, ABA TIPS Practice Section

Co-Editor, ABA TIPS Newsletter

Member, Western Pension and Benefits Counsel

Member, American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries