Sally Mermelstein

Ms. Mermelstein's entire legal career has been devoted to ERISA employee benefits, an area of law she first became familiar with when a hand problem permanently disabled her from her former career as a violinist. Having been a disability claimant herself, Ms. Mermelstein understands the devastation that employees feel upon losing their ability to work, and of the importance of securing specialized first-rate representation to ensure that this loss is not compounded by the additional hardship of an improper benefits denial. Ms. Mermelstein has a nation-wide reputation for her deep understanding of the ERISA law and her insight is widely sought by plaintiff-side ERISA attorneys. Ms. Mermelstein specializes in disability claims but will eagerly take on important ERISA issues that arise in life, AD&D, or pension cases. The majority of her time is spent drafting briefs to trial and appellate courts throughout the nation and, where necessary, drafting memoranda to facilitate mediation and settlement.

• Of Counsel

• Shupe v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., 19 F.4th 697 (4th Cir. 2021)
• Yates v. Symetra Life Ins. Co., No. 4:19-CV-154 RLW, 2022 WL 19211 (E.D. Mo. Jan. 3, 2022)
• Tekmen v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., Case No. 20-1510 (4th Cir.)
• Williby v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., Case No. 18-56674; Williby v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., Case No. 18-56021 (9th Cir.)(resolved)
• Nathans v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. CV 20-4977-RSWL-MRWX, 2021 WL 3053390 (C.D. Cal. July 20, 2021)
• Myers v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. CV 19-9555 DSF (KSX), 2020 WL 7423109 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 17, 2020)
• Collier v. Lincoln Life Assurance Co. of Boston, Case No. 21-55465 (9th Cir.)
• Kay v. Hartford Life and Accident Ins. Co., Case No. 21-55463 (9th Cir.)

• Minnesota, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit