Martina Sherman
Shareholder - DeBofsky Law: ERISA, Disability, and Benefits Attorney
Martina Sherman is a shareholder at DeBofsky Law where she represents individuals in ERISA and insurance benefit disputes. Ms. Sherman has experience in employment and Social Security law as well, which enables her to provide clients with a comprehensive approach to benefit problems. Ms. Sherman represents clients at all stages of litigation, from consultation and pre-suit appeal to the trial and appellate levels. She has extensive federal court experience and has argued successfully before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Sherman is a frequent speaker on employee benefits at national conferences of the American Bar Association (ABA), and she is a contributing author for the treatise, Employee Benefits Law, 4th Edition (BNA Books). She is a past co-chair of the “Liability Issues Unique to Welfare Plans” Sub-Committee of the ABA Employee Benefits Committee. In addition to her involvement in the ABA, Ms. Sherman is active in the Chicago Bar Association (CBA), having served as a chair of the CBA Young Lawyers Section Health & Hospital Law Committee and as a Legislative Liaison to the CBA Social Security Law Committee. In addition, she has written amicus briefs on behalf of United Policyholders in matters affecting consumers, including Montanile v. Bd. of Trustees of the Nat’l Elevator Indus. Health Benefit Plan, 136 S. Ct. 651 (2016) and Rochow v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., 780 F.3d 364 (6th Cir. 2015) (en banc). She has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star every year since 2016.
Ms. Sherman is very active in civic and pro bono activities. She presently serves on the Diversity Committee of the ABA Employee Benefits Committee and volunteers with Equip for Equality, the protection and advocacy system for people with disabilities in Illinois. She also serves on the Pension Action Center Illinois Committee.
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
- J.D. (2011) | Law
- Honors: J.D. cum laude – 2011 Honors: Labor & Employment Law Certificate
- Activities: Law Review: Chicago-Kent Law Review, Notes & Comments Editor, 2010 – 2011
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- Columbia University
- B.A. (2005) | Political Science
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- Shareholder
- DeBofsky Law
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- Associate Attorney
- Daley, DeBofsky & Bryant, P.C.
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- Long Term Disability Claims: A Primer for Social Security Attorneys
- The Federal Lawyer
- SCOTUS Revisits ERISA Reimbursement in Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan
- American Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter, Winter, 2015
- Exceptional Work in Litigation - ERISA
- Best Lawyers
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- 2016 - 2023
- Emerging Lawyers
- Leading Lawyers
- 2017 - 20019
- State Bar of Illinois # 6305531
- Member
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- Illinois
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- ID Number: 6305531
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- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
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- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
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- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, ERISA
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance
- English: Spoken, Written