James T. Kimble

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T: 410-576-4178

James Kimble focuses his practice in employee benefits representing multi-employer pension, royalty, training and welfare benefit plans, including defined benefit plans, profit-sharing plans, money purchase plans and 401(k) plans in the Mid-Atlantic region and nationally. Jim counsels and represents plans in all aspects of plan administration, including plan drafting and compliance issues.

Jim represents employee benefit plans before the U.S. Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Inc.  In addition, Jim has extensive ERISA litigation experience, including the defense of employee benefit plans and their trustees from denial of benefit and breach of fiduciary duty claims. He has represented employee benefit plans' claims in numerous bankruptcy matters throughout the country. Jim advises plans with respect to the assessment and collection of employer withdrawal liability.

Professional and Civic Involvement

  • Maryland State Bar Association, Tax Section, Employee Benefits Study Group
  • American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
  • Maryland State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
  • Virginia State Bar Association
  • International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Publications and Lectures

  • Presenter, IBEW 4th District Membership Development Conference, "Multiemployer Pension Plan Funding Issues," March 2009
  • Presenter, Baltimore Metropolitan AFL-CIO Leadership Conference, "The Pension Protection Act of 2006", January 2007
  • Presenter, Lorman Business Seminars, "The Nuts and Bolts of 401(k) Plans"

Focus of Practice

Education

J.D., Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, 1992
Member, Law Review

B.A., University of Virginia, 1989

Bar Admissions

  • Maryland, 1993
  • Virginia, 1992
  • District of Columbia, 1993

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia