Eric Kobet

Analytical and results-driven professional with over nine years of combined experience in employee benefits law and federal investigations under ERISA.

United States Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Kansas City, MO

Investigator, November 2023-Present

• Conducted investigations of employee benefit plans, service providers, and fiduciaries to determine compliance with ERISA, analyzing plan documents, financial statements, and Form 5500 filings to identify potential fiduciary breaches or prohibited transactions.
• Interviewed witnesses and plan officials to obtain testimony and supporting documentation, ensuring factual accuracy and adherence to evidentiary standards used in enforcement and civil litigation contexts.
• Prepared detailed investigative reports and case summaries outlining findings, applicable statutory violations, and recommendations for corrective actions or referral to the Office of the Solicitor for enforcement.

• Provided legal guidance and compliance recommendations to multiemployer benefit plan sponsors.
• Drafted multiemployer benefit plan documents, including plan restatements, amendments, policies, third-party administrator agreements, business associate agreements, and participant communications.
• Researched issues and provided recommendations with respect to COBRA, ERISA, HIPAA, and the ACA.

Associate, September 2015–December 2016

• Provided support to managing partner of practice focusing on wills, trust and estate administration, estate litigation, and estate tax matters.

New York University School of Law, New York, NY

LLM, Taxation, 2015

Activities: Tax Policy Fellow, New York University School of Law Tax Policy Fellowship Program

Research Assistant, Professor Joshua Blank, Faculty Director of the Graduate Tax Program

New York University School of Law, New York, NY

Juris Doctor, 2014

Activities: Journal of International Law and Politics, Senior Executive Editor

Teaching Assistant, Professor Gabriel Arkles

Student Attorney, Children’s Rights Clinic, Fall 2012

Internships: New York State Office of the Attorney General – Antitrust Bureau, New York, NY Summer, 2013

Legal Aid Society – Juvenile Rights Practice, New York, NY, Summer 2012