Robert Newman

Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Contact Information
Covington & Burling LLP
One CityCenter, 850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4956
US
Phone: 202-662-5125
Email: rnewman@cov.com
Robert Newman is a partner in the firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation practice group. He represents clients ranging from small employers to some of the nation's largest employers, including for-profit and tax-exempt entities. His practice includes:

  • designing, drafting, and amending a wide range of retirement plans (including 401(k) plans, ESOPs, and traditional and hybrid defined benefit plans) and welfare plans (including health, severance, and cafeteria plans);
  • creating executive compensation arrangements including nonqualified deferred compensation plans, stock option plans, and other incentive plans;
  • representing clients before the IRS and the Department of Labor;
  • assisting clients with legislative initiatives;
  • providing benefits expertise in corporate transactions and ERISA litigation;
  • counseling clients with respect to pension fund investments in private equity funds and hedge funds; and
  • negotiating and writing employment agreements.

Litigation Affecting DB Plans 2024 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (March 11, 2024)

Actuarial Equivalent Litigation Actuarial Equivalent Litigation Webinar (July 12, 2023)

Litigation Affecting DB Plans 2023 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (May 01, 2023)

ERISA Litigation Affecting DB Plans 2022 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (May 02, 2022)

Litigation Update 2021 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (May 05, 2021)

ERISA Litigation and Enforcement Trends 2019 CCA Annual Meeting (October 28, 2019)

ERISA Litigation Affecting Defined Benefit Plans 2019 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 08, 2019)