About Seth F. Gaudreau
Seth Gaudreau concentrates his practice in ERISA business litigation, and investment management law. Within the ERISA field, he conducts research on all matters relating to employment law, which covers qualified and unqualified benefit plans, welfare plans, and retirement plans. He also crafts various plan documents and employer administrative forms. Seth assists clients in the filing of Forms 5500 and 5588 with the U.S. Department of Labor and has significant experience advising investment managers and other clients on key provisions within ERISA Title I and in negotiating other ERISA issues related to investment management services. His duties also include drafting legal memoranda and briefs for litigation. Prior to joining The Wagner law Group, Seth was associated with leading law firms in Boston and Washington, D.C.
Education
Legal Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 2010
- LL.M.
- Major: Securities and Financial Regulation
- Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007
- J.D.
Non Legal Education
- Dennison University, Ohio, 2008
- B.A.
- Major: Economics
Current Employment Position(s)
- Associate
Past Positions
- Antonoplos & Associates, Associate Attorney, 2013 - 2014
- Tanenholz & Ash, LLP, Attorney, 2012 - 2013
- Iron Mountain, Inc., Attorney, 2011 - 2012
- Geode Capital Management, LLC, Attorney, 2008 - 2009
- Oppenheimer & Company, Financial Consultant, 2002 - 2004
- Ladenburg & Thalmann, Financial Consultant, - 2002
- Hales & Company, Financial Analyst, - 2001
Published Works
Articles
- Form CRS: What Investors Need to Know Now - Co-author with Patrice Maloney-Knauff, The Streeet's Retirement Daily, July 22, 2020
- Status of the DOL Fiduciary Conflict of Interest Rule as it Applies to HSAs that are Part of a High Deductible Health Plan - ECFC Flex Reporter, Volume 21, Number 3, September 2017
- Postponement of the ERISA Fiduciary Rules on ERISA Investments: Background and Possible Impact – ECFC Flex Reporter, Vol. 21, No. 1, March 2017
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia, 2012
- Massachusetts, 2008
Attorney Details
| Full Name | Seth F. Gaudreau |
| Firm | The Wagner Law Group |
| Address | 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20006 |
| Phone | 202-969-2800 |
| Phone | 202-969-2568 |
| Website | www.wagnerlawgroup.com |
| Website | www.facebook.com/WagnerLawGroup |
| Website | www.linkedin.com/company/wagner-law-group |
| Website | twitter.com/WagnerLawGroup |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |