Bio

Ashley Bryan Abel is a Principal in the Greenville, South Carolina, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has over 20 years of experience as lead counsel in single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class action employment litigation as well as employee benefits litigation. Mr. Abel’s employee benefits practice includes the defense of private and public employers, benefit plans, insurers, plan fiduciaries and service providers against ERISA and benefits lawsuits alleging claims for breach of fiduciary duty, benefits due, statutory penalties and others. He is also active in defending employers and executives against single plaintiff and class action litigation involving wage and hour, discrimination, harassment and other employment law claims. Mr. Abel has appeared as lead counsel in over 25 states and in all United States Courts of Appeals. He has a distinguished list of case victories across the country for clients including Liberty Mutual, Pfizer, Wal-Mart, Beverly Enterprises, Liberty Life, Deloitte, IBM, Michelin, Pepsi Bottling Group and ABB. Mr. Abel also counsels clients, presents speeches, and conducts training across the country in areas of employee benefits and employment law. Recent topics of these engagements include fiduciary risk management, human resources best practices, electronic discovery, class action issues and strategies, and crisis management. Mr. Abel is a Certified Specialist in Employment and Labor Law by the S.C. Supreme Court and was named as a “10 Best” Employment & Labor Law Attorney for client satisfaction in South Carolina.