Sachs Waldman, Professional Corporation, has its origins in the mid-1920s with a single practitioner, Nicholas J. Rothe. Mr. Rothe is regarded by many as Michigan's first labor union lawyer, a reputation initially earned by keeping pickets and strikers out of jail. Two decades later, Theodore Sachs drafted Michigan's basic labor relations laws. Building on our historical foundations, the firm's diverse team of experienced lawyers operates out of offices in Detroit and Madison Heights, Michigan.Sachs Waldman is rated a Tier 1 Detroit law firm by U.S. News and World Report for labor law, employment law, labor and employment litigation and employee benefits (ERISA). Sachs Waldman represents a large number of jointly trusted multi-employer Taft-Hartley plans such as pension plans, health and welfare plans, retiree VEBAs, prepaid legal plans and others. Sachs Waldman provides a full range of legal services to our multiemployer fringe benefit fund clients, including plan design and drafting, document and application drafting, negotiation and preparation of service provider contracts, pension requalification and tax exempt services, review and supervision of governmental filings, regulatory compliance, preparation/editing of meeting minutes, reciprocity matters, delinquent contribution collection, employer withdrawal liability assessment and collection, and advice and counsel concerning all individual participant matters including benefit denials and appeals, benefit litigation, determination of QDRO status, IRS levies, garnishments, subpoenas for information, powers of attorney, subrogation, conservator/guardian matters, and suspension of benefits matters. Some of our fund clients, particularly self-administered clients, are also employers (by virtue of their engagement of fund employees) and/or owners of property on which fund buildings are located. We advise them with respect to those matters as well.

Researched and drafted memoranda for corporate, litigation, tax, and contract mattersAttended contract negotiationsResponded to discovery requests, and prepared exhibits for trial Participated in two corporate-wide committee projects to create and implement improvements of corporate practices

Reviewed trial documents and Plaintiff's and Defendant's Appellate Briefs Determined if the issues were preserved for appealDrafted research reports and proposed opinions for the disposition of cases