Susan P. Serota

Susan Serota is a partner in the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, and National Chair of its Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits practice.  She received her law degree from New York University School of Law. 

Ms. Serota is a former Chair of the ABA Section on Taxation, a former Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the Section on Taxation and a former Chair of the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits.  She also served as a former member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association.  Ms. Serota co-chaired the ABA National Institute on Employee Benefits in Corporate Transactions for over 15 years and has been a regular speaker at the ABA National Institute on Compensation for Executives and Directors, as well as at the ALI-ABA course on Executive Compensation and the PLI program on Executive Compensation. She is a frequent speaker on ERISA fiduciary issues.  Ms. Serota is a past President of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.  Ms. Serota served as a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of the BNA Tax & Accounting Compensation Planning Advisory Board and has served as Co-Chair of the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association.  Ms. Serota is the Editor of ERISA Fiduciary Law, 2d ed. (BNA Books 2006, Supp. 2009).