Renaker Hasselman LLP is proud to announce that both its founding partners have been selected to the 2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list for Employee Benefits/ERISA. Teresa Renaker was also named to the Northern California Top 50 Women Attorneys and Top 100 Attorneys.

For Margo Hasselman, this is the third straight year appearing on the Northern California Super Lawyers list, after four years on the Rising Stars list. In addition, Margo was named to the Top 50 Women Attorneys list in 2014.

Teresa has been named to Northern California Super Lawyers for nine straight years, to Top 50 Women Attorneys for eight straight years, and to Top 100 Attorneys for four straight years.

Super Lawyers uses a rigorous selection process based on independent research and peer evaluation by practice area. Only 5 percent of lawyers in a state are named to Super Lawyers each year.

At Renaker Hasselman LLP, we are proud to represent employees, retirees, the disabled, and people transitioning in or out of jobs. We are equally comfortable in litigation, negotiation, administrative benefits claims, or simply providing legal advice to help clients understand their rights. We relish the tricky cases and the questions at the cutting edge of employee benefits law. Please feel free to contact us with questions or requests for representation at 415-653-1733 or by email at info@renakerhasselman.com.user.s408.sureserver.com. We are located at 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 1125, San Francisco, CA 94111.

President-Elect Paulette Brown of the American Bar Association has appointed Teresa Renaker to a second one-year term as a member of the ABA’s Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, commencing with the adjournment of the 2015 ABA Annual Meeting. The mission of the SOGI Commission is to promote full and equal participation in the legal profession by persons of differing sexual orientations and gender identities. More information on the SOGI Commission is available at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/sexual_orientation.html.

This summer, Teresa Renaker will speak on several topics relating to ERISA in webinars and at live conferences. On June 22, 2015, Teresa will speak on an ALI-CLE audio webcast titled “Tibble v. Edison: Supreme Court Addresses Fiduciary Duty of Retirement Plan Trustees.” Teresa Renaker and Nancy Ross will discuss the case. Information and registration at http://www.ali-cle.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=courses.course&course_code=TSWY25.

On July 9, 2015, Teresa will speak on a webinar titled “Supreme Court: The Decisions Affecting ERISA Plans, Participants and Providers.” The webinar is sponsored by the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits. Teresa and her co-panelists will analyze the Supreme Court decisions affecting ERISA plans, participants and providers, evaluate their impact on future litigation, discuss steps clients should take in response to the decisions, and gaze into the crystal ball for next Term’s cases. Information and registration at http://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/ABAEventsCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?productId=188385002.

At the Western Benefits Conference, San Francisco, on July 21, 2015, Teresa will give a talk on “Who’s Getting Sued in the Retirement Industry?” In this interactive session, Teresa and R. Bradford Huss will address some of the latest litigation including Tibble, Dudenhoeffer and GreatBanc. Information and registration at http://westernbenefits.org/.