Robert Koenig

Robert A. Koenig brings real world experience to his work assisting business clients in the areas of ERISA and employee benefits litigation, construction litigation, surety bond litigation, and technology, including ADA website accessibility compliance. Practicing for 25 years and handling a broad range of issues, Rob has a deep understanding and a wealth of responses to issues that are raised throughout all phases of litigation.

As lead litigation counsel, Rob collaborates with his clients to understand all facets of their businesses and addresses their individual inner workings and needs. He has extensive practice experience before U.S. District and Bankruptcy courts and regularly serves as counsel in litigation matters for numerous local, Ohio and national plans, boards of trustees, sponsors, employers, and third-party administrators in all phases of ERISA and employee benefits litigation. In addition, Rob defends breach of fiduciary duty claims, class action suits asserting ERISA claims, and denial of benefits brought by individual participants.

On the construction side of Rob’s practice, he has significant experience in all phases of commercial, construction, and surety bond litigation. He regularly represents owners, contractors, subcontractors, materials providers, surety companies in various litigation matters, as well as in the preparation and presentation of construction claims in arbitrations under the AAA Construction Industry Arbitration Rules.

Technology clients draw on Rob’s proactive approach to counsel in matters such as technology development agreements that protect the purchasing party’s goals and clearly articulate the critical deliverables, testing, deployment, acceptance, and support phases of the project. He routinely represents software developers, digital agencies, website designers and media promoters with protecting their new technologies, ideas, and inventions through aggressive licensing provisions in all of their agreements.

Prior to joining the firm in 1985, Rob served for two years as Law Clerk to the Honorable Nicholas J. Walinski, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Western Division, where he had the benefit of seeing more than 20 jury trials.

Education:

• J.D., New York Law School, 1983
• B.A., cum laude, Case Western Reserve University, 1980

Bar and Court Admissions : Ohio, 1983

Professional and Community Affiliations:

• Toledo Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• YMCA of Greater Toledo, Trustee for Life for the Board of Trustees (2015-present), Chairman of the Board (2010-2013)
• Toledo Ballet Association, Inc., Member of the Board of Trustees (2016-present), Chairman of the Board (2007-2014)
• Toledo School for the Arts (an Ohio Charter School), Member of Board of Directors (2016-present), President of the Board (2002-2010)