Daniel R. Salemi counsels clients on the full range of issues related to retirement plans, health and welfare plans, benefit plan investments, multiemployer plan issues, and deferred and equity-based compensation arrangements, helping them design and maintain state-of-the-art benefit plans and compensation arrangements to achieve each client’s unique operational goals. He provides in-depth, practical counseling on initial plan design, day-to-day plan administration and compliance, plan funding, and plan modification and termination. Dan’s broad background in the employee benefits area includes the representation of clients who are dealing with employee benefits and executive compensation issues in mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs, restructuring, collective bargaining, and litigation. Dan represents clients across the United States in various industries, including public, private, and nonprofit organizations.
Dan also serves as co-chair of the firm’s multiemployer plan practice. In addition to serving as counsel to several large multiemployer pension and health plans, Dan advises employers on pension withdrawal liability and other issues related to participation in multiemployer pension and health/welfare plans. Dan has substantial experience assisting clients with pension withdrawal liability issues in a variety of contexts, including collective bargaining, workforce restructuring, subcontracting, corporate transactions, and plant relocations and closures, and representing clients in any resulting litigation.
Dan serves on Institutional Investor’s Defined Contribution Institute Advisory Board.
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Benefits, Law360 (2022)
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Chicago (2020, 2022–2025)
Member, Law Firm of the Year, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Chambers USA (2019)
Member, Law Firm of the Year, Employee Benefits (ERISA Law), US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2019)
Recommended, Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional, The Legal 500 US (2023)
Recommended, Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design, The Legal 500 US (2022)
Recommended, Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional, The Legal 500 US (2019–2021)
Ranked, Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation, Illinois, Chambers USA (2018–2024)
Vice chair, Fiduciary Responsibility and Plan Investments Subcommittee, Employee Benefits Committee (Tax Section), American Bar Association (2011–2018)
Recognized, Emerging Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing (2012–2022)