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Troy Doles

Troy is a partner with the firm and has extensive experience representing people in single event cases and classes of people in complex litigation cases. Troy has served as lead and trial counsel on behalf of clients in both federal and state courts throughout the country. Since joining the firm, Troy’s primary focus has been complex national cases involving breach of fiduciary duties under ERISA. Notable representative cases and results include the following:

  • Ford v. Takeda Pharmaceutical USA, Inc.: Obtained $22 million result on behalf of participants in the Takeda 401(k) plan.
  • Pledger v. Insperity Holdings, Inc.: Obtained $39.8 million result on behalf of participants in the Insperity 401(k) plan.
  • Sims v. BB&T CorporationObtained $24 million result on behalf of participants in the BB&T retirement plan.
  • Bell v. Anthem, Inc.: Obtained $23.65 million result on behalf of participants in the Anthen 401(k) plan.
  • Kruger v. Novant Health Inc.: Obtained $32 million result on behalf of participants in Novant 401(k) plan.
  • Tussey v. ABB, Inc.Obtained $55 million result on behalf of participants in ABB’s retirement plan after a dozen-year battle, including the first full trial in a 401(k) excessive fee case.
  • Kaiser v. CIGNA Corp.: Obtained $30 million settlement fund on behalf of physicians for improper “bundling” and “downcoding” covered treatments resulting in artificially lower payments to physicians.

Education

  • J.D., St Louis University School of Law, 1996
  • B.A., Indiana University, 1992

Admissions

  • State of Missouri
  • State of Illinois
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, D. Colo.
  • U.S. District Court, C.D. Ill.
  • U.S. District Court, N.D. Ill.
  • U.S. District Court, S.D. Ill.
  • U.S. District Court, E.D. Mo.