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Renee Firth is a law clerk in the Labor & Employment Department and a member of the Compensation & Benefits Group. She supports clients on a range of labor, compensation, and employee benefits matters, including legal research, policy analysis, and client counseling issues.

Renee received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was a Dean’s Scholarship recipient and served as Managing Digital Editor of the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Her legal experience includes work on employment benefits issues, ERISA and pension administration, and regulatory enforcement matters. Prior to joining Proskauer, Renee worked in executive compensation at a major law firm and served as a legal intern with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Division of Enforcement and Investigations.

As has been discussed and written about extensively, the U.S. Supreme Court lowered the pleading standard for claims alleging violations of ERISA’s prohibited transaction rules. Cunningham v. Cornell University, 604 U.S. 693 (2025). A recent decision addressing a motion to dismiss prohibited transaction claims serves as a good reminder to plan sponsors and