Teresa S. Renaker
Partner
Teresa Renaker represents plaintiffs in ERISA litigation, including individual, multi-plaintiff, and class actions for benefits and breach of fiduciary duty. She also litigates related state-law claims, such as service-provider malpractice claims. Ms. Renaker represents plan members in disputes concerning public employer benefits in California. Ms. Renaker is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College (1986), and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (1996). She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Irma E. Gonzalez of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Prior to co-founding Renaker Scott LLP in 2015, Ms. Renaker was a shareholder of Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., a national employee benefits law firm. Ms. Renaker authors the “Employee Welfare and Other Nonpension Benefits” chapter of “Dividing Pensions and Other Employee Benefits in California Divorces,”(CEB 2006 and annual updates), and authored the “Employee Benefits” chapter of “California Domestic Partnerships and Same-Sex Marriage,” (CEB 2005). She formerly chaired the Employee Benefits Committee of the ABA’s Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice Section, and served for eight years on the ABA’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits.
