January 23, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal judge has given final approval to a $675,000 settlement of claims that former Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP allegedly spent money meant for attorneys' retirement accounts to stay afloat, and awarded one-third of that amount to The Barton Firm LLP and The Garner Firm Ltd.
December 08, 2025
Class members who scored a $675,000 settlement resolving their case alleging the defunct firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP misdirected money meant for attorneys' retirement accounts have asked a Pennsylvania federal judge for counsel fees in the amount of one-third of the settlement.
August 20, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $675,000 settlement of claims that former Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP allegedly misdirected money meant for attorneys' retirement accounts to stay afloat.
August 12, 2025
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP will pay $675,000 to settle a proposed ERISA class action from a former nonequity partner who claimed the firm improperly used her and others' retirement contributions to prop itself up as it faced financial trouble, according to a motion filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.
June 24, 2025
A former Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP partner has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to certify a class of employees in an ERISA suit against the shuttered firm in the lead up to approval of a settlement resolving claims over retirement savings practices.
December 04, 2024
A former Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP partner and the now-shuttered firm have reached a settlement in the attorney's proposed ERISA class action after the prospect for a deal had seemed to fizzle out, the parties told a Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday.
November 13, 2024
Negotiations between a former Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP partner and the now-shuttered firm appear to have failed for now in the former partner's proposed Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action as the parties missed the deadline for a deal this week.
October 23, 2024
A dispute over the handling of pension funds by the now-shuttered Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP may be nearing resolution after a former partner leading a class action asked a Pennsylvania federal court to stay current deadlines as a classwide settlement is within sight.
July 23, 2024
The former equity partners of defunct law firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP must face a proposed class action accusing them of improperly spending employee money intended for the firm's retirement plan, after a Pennsylvania federal judge shot down their motion to dismiss.
July 05, 2024
A motion by Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP seeking to toss a putative class action used "linguistic alchemy" to argue for the case's dismissal, according to a filing opposing the motion.