Donald J. Myers Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Myers, Donald J.

Donald J. Myers is a Senior Counsel in Morgan Lewis's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice. Mr. Myers focuses his practice on the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, and has experience counseling clients on related securities, banking, and insurance issues. He also works with financial institutions in structuring investments for pension plans. 

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Myers was Counsel for ERISA Regulation and Interpretation at the U.S. Department of Labor. Before that, he was Assistant Chief of the Office of Disclosure Policy at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mr. Myers has chaired various subcommittees of the American Bar Association and has been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center. He is a charter fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel and a board member of the BNA Pension and Benefits Advisory Board. Mr. Myers lectures and writes extensively on employee benefits issues. His writings include two chapters in ERISA Fiduciary Law, Second Edition; and a report on ERISA prohibited transactions for the BNA Compliance and Enforcement Library.

Mr. Myers earned his B.A. from the College of the City of New York, a J.D. from Cornell Law School, and his LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center.

He is the co-author of the Bloomberg BNA treatise ERISA Class Exemptions.