March 30, 2026
Kim Jones, a partner in Willkie’s Litigation Department and ERISA Litigation Group, has been elected to the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
ABF Fellows are a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession.
Kim represents plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries and financial services companies in a broad range of ERISA-related matters in federal courts throughout the country. She has defended plan fiduciaries in class actions alleging fiduciary breaches and prohibited transactions under ERISA related to management of retirement and health plans. Kim has also litigated countless lawsuits alleging wrongful denial of health and welfare and retirement plan benefit, and she has She has also successfully defended large companies in class actions and individual claims alleging improper reduction or denial of retiree health benefits.
In addition to her litigation practice, Kim routinely provides counsel on benefit claim administration, claim review procedures, fiduciary governance, and benefit plan design. She serves in leadership roles in industry organizations, is an editor of an employee benefits treatise, and is a frequent contributor to publications covering employee benefits and ERISA law.
Read more about the ABF Fellows program here.
ABF Fellows are a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession.
Kim represents plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries and financial services companies in a broad range of ERISA-related matters in federal courts throughout the country. She has defended plan fiduciaries in class actions alleging fiduciary breaches and prohibited transactions under ERISA related to management of retirement and health plans. Kim has also litigated countless lawsuits alleging wrongful denial of health and welfare and retirement plan benefit, and she has She has also successfully defended large companies in class actions and individual claims alleging improper reduction or denial of retiree health benefits.
In addition to her litigation practice, Kim routinely provides counsel on benefit claim administration, claim review procedures, fiduciary governance, and benefit plan design. She serves in leadership roles in industry organizations, is an editor of an employee benefits treatise, and is a frequent contributor to publications covering employee benefits and ERISA law.
Read more about the ABF Fellows program here.
