About George Chimento

My first senior partner told me to learn about a new law called ERISA. Young lawyers follow orders, and it was a great opportunity. My professional life has been devoted to that law.

Before founding C&W with Rob, I’ve had the good fortune to be partner in well known Boston law firms. In late Carter and early Reagan years, I also served as Special Counsel to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and learned from Henry Rose, General Counsel and a visionary for that federal agency, whose mission is to protect pension benefits.

The clients I counsel are mostly well known public and private companies, a major bank, medical groups, tax exempt hospitals, a college, a government authority, senior executives and boards. I advise on group benefit design and compliance, executive compensation, and fiduciary process. I also welcome engagements with smaller companies; sometimes, their problems are more complex.

I serve as trustee for multiemployer pension plans receiving financial assistance from the federal government. Recently, I was appointed as independent fiduciary to evaluate a NY multiemployer plan’s withdrawal liability settlements with contributing employers. I represent employers when they withdraw from such plans, and face unanticipated liabilities.