R. Bradford Huss
      Director

Brad has been practicing in the employee benefits field since 1977 and his practice is primarily in the areas of ERISA litigation, fiduciary responsibility matters, qualified pension and profit sharing plans, Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor audits and representation of plan service providers.  Brad serves as a private mediator in ERISA litigation matters and has been appointed as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Neutral in numerous ERISA cases by the United States District Court, Northern District of California.

Brad makes frequent presentations on ERISA litigation and fiduciary responsibility matters to groups including the Western Pension & Benefits Conference, the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, the National Institute of Pension Administrators, the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Speaking Engagements

Brad is a past President of the San Francisco Chapter of the Western Pension & Benefits Conference and a past Co-Chairperson of the Government Affairs Committee of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries.  Brad is a charter Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.  Brad is a past member of the Board of Directors of ASPPA, and is the immediate past chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the Section of Tort Trial & Insurance Practice of the American Bar Association.  Brad is listed in Best Lawyers in America, and was named one of Northern California’s “Super Lawyers” by Law & Politics magazine in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Education

• J.D., 1976
  Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley
• B.A., Political Science, 1973
  University of California at Berkeley

Professional Career

• 1989 - Present
  Director
  Trucker Huss
  San Francisco, California
• 1977 - 1989
  Partner & Associate
  Hall, Henry, Oliver & McReavy
  San Francisco, California

Professional Licenses and Affiliations

• Member, The State Bar of California (member of the Taxation Section)
• Past President, San Francisco Chapter of the Western Pension & Benefits Conference
• Charter Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel
• Member, Board of Governors, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel
• Immediate Past Chair, Employee Benefits Committee of the Section of Tort Trial & Insurance Practice, American Bar Association
• Past Member, Board of Directors, American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries
• Past Co-Chairperson, Government Affairs Committee, American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries
• Past Chairperson, Administration Relations Committee and Department of Labor Enforcement Committee, Government Affairs Committee, American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries
• Past Member, Board of Directors, San Francisco Chapter of the National Institute of Pension Administrators
• Appointed as Alternative Dispute Resolution Neutral in ERISA cases by the United States District Court, Northern District of California
• Private Mediator in ERISA litigation matters
• Member, American Bar Association (member of Employee Benefits Committees for the Section of Taxation, the Section of Labor and Employment Law and the Section of Tort Trial & Insurance Practice)
• Member, Bar Association of San Francisco
• Associated Professional Member, American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries