Whitney R. CaseWhitney R. Case joined Cohen Milstein as an Associate in 2005 and is a member of the Employee Benefits and Consumer Protection practice groups. Ms. Case has been actively involved in a number of class action employee benefit cases, including a case against SBC Communications, Inc., which alleges widespread miscalculation of pension benefits owed to their employees in violation of ERISA. Ms. Case also represents Tharaldson Motels, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in an action for breach of fiduciary duties against the Trustee and other fiduciaries. In addition, Ms. Case is involved in a case alleging breach of fiduciary duty owed to participants in the TXU Corp. 401(k) Plan and a case against Qwest Communications alleging that it violated ERISA regarding certain benefits provided to its retirees. In the area of consumer protection, Ms. Case represents homeowners whose properties were severely damaged by floods from Hurricane Isabel in a class action filed against eight insurance companies who allegedly mishandled class members’ claims and ultimately failed to pay proceeds to which the policyholders were entitled. Ms. Case is the author of The Coupon Can Be the Ticket: The Use of “Coupon” and Other Non-Monetary Redress in Class Action Settlements, 18 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 1431 (2005) (co-authored with Lisa Mezzetti). Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Case served as a summer associate and as a law clerk at the District of Columbia Bar’s Board on Professional Responsibility. She also studied International Law at University College in London, England and was a student attorney in the Domestic Violence Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center. Ms. Case received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2005. She received her undergraduate degree from Tulane University (B.A., Political Economy and French, cum laude, 2002) during which time she spent a year studying at Universite de Paris IV, La Sorbonne. Ms. Case is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. Contact: wcase@cmht.com Practice Groups: |
