Damarr M.Butler

Associate

Washington + 1.202.879.4657

Damarr Butler assists clients in defending complex ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) litigation matters involving single and multiemployer plans. He also advises clients on complex benefits matters in connection with corporate restructurings, acquisitions, dispositions, and mergers and in the administration and compliance of employee benefit plans with the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA. He also counsels clients on matters involving fiduciary responsibility, prohibited transactions, plan fees, and plan investments.

Damarr's ERISA career began at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), where he represented the PBGC in federal bankruptcy, state insolvency/receivership, transactional, and litigation matters. He also regularly defended the agency regarding its Early Warning Program, reportable events, and distress and standard termination proceedings. Damarr currently assists clients with PBGC reporting obligations, audits, and investigations.

Prior to joining Jones Day in 2023, Damarr was an associate general counsel at Edward D. Jones & Co., where he advised the firm in legal and regulatory matters related to all facets of its retirement business, including ERISA and non-ERISA employer retirement plans as well as retail products such as IRAs (individual retirement accounts), Roth IRAs, SEPs (simplified employee pension plans), and SIMPLE (savings incentive match plan for employees) accounts. Damarr also practiced at an international law firm in its Washington, D.C. office, where he represented retirement and welfare plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and service providers in all phases of ERISA litigation, compliance, and regulatory investigations.

Damarr is actively involved with various benefits and tax committees of the American Bar Association (ABA).