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Georgia

Admitted to practice before: 

  • Georgia Court of Appeals
  • Georgia Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Credentials

  • J.D., | Emory University School of Law
  • A.C.I., | International Center for Captive Insurance Education
  • B.A., | Simon Fraser University

Aaron Pohlmann is a dynamic and experienced litigator, corporate transactional, and regulatory compliance attorney. He has a diverse skill set with extensive knowledge of ERISA, captive insurance, employment law, and life, health, and disability insurance. Since completing a federal judicial clerkship, Aaron has assisted insurers, captive insurance managers, ERISA plan fiduciaries, third-party administrators, and managed healthcare entities in a wide variety of matters across numerous jurisdictions and domiciles. 

Aaron received his Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law and an ACI designation from the International Center for Captive insurance Education (ICCIE). 

Aaron has held many leadership positions in the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) of the American Bar Association (ABA), Defense Research Institute (DRI), and Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA), including: 

  • Chair, ABA TIPS Life Insurance Law Committee
  • Vice Chair, ABA TIPS Employee Benefits Committee
  • Vice Chair, ABA TIPS Health and Disability Insurance Committee
  • Editor-in-Chief, ABA TIPS TortSource
  • Program Chair, 37th Annual ABA TIPS Midwestern Symposium on Life, Health, and Disability Insurance, Insurance Regulation, Employee Benefits, and Reinsurance
  • ABA TIPS Leadership Academy
  • Chair, DRI Disability Law Committee
  • SIIA Government Relations Committee
  • SIIA Artificial Intelligence Task Force

Aaron is a nine-time contributing author to ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits (American Bar Association, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2024) and has written numerous articles on ERISA and Life, Health, and Disability Insurance litigation in various ABA and DRI publications. Aaron has organized and moderated ABA continuing legal education seminars in the areas of HIPAA compliance, disability insurance, and health insurance litigation. 

Presentations and Publications

Publications

  • "ERISA Section 502(a)(3) Equitable Defenses and 'Appropriate Equitable Relief," DRI's For the Defense, October 2012 
  • Contributing author, ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th 8th, and 9th editions (American Bar Association, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2024)
  • Contributing author, "Misrepresentation in the Life, Health, and Disability Insurance Application Process: A National Survey," 1st and 2nd editions (American Bar Association, 2009, 2015) 
  • "Circuit Split Endures over Exhaustion of Remedies for Fiduciary Duty Claims," DRI's Life, Health and Disability News, Fall 2008 
  • "Discovery And The Analytical Foundations Of ERISA Cases Subject To 'Heightened' Arbitrary And Capricious Judicial Review," The ABA's Health and Disability Insurance Law Committee Newsletter, Summer 2007  
  • "Non-fiduciary's ERISA Benefits Determination Entitled to Deferential Judicial Review," DRI's The Voice, December 20, 2006  

Presentations

  • 2016 Individual Disability Claim Litigation Update, DRI Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Claims Seminar, April 15, 2016
  • Reimbursement and Recovery of Overpayments under ERISA – Employing Section 502(a)(3) to protect plan assets, DRI Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Claims Seminar, April 24, 2013
  • Program Chair, 37th Annual TIPS Midwinter Symposium on Life, Health, and Disability Insurance, Insurance Regulation, and Employee Benefits, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association, January 13-15, 2011

Professional Activities

  • American Bar Association, Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Section 
    • Life Insurance Law Committee, former Chair 
    • Employee Benefits Committee, former Vice Chair  
    • Health and Disability Insurance Committee, former Vice Chair
    • TortSource Editorial Board, former Editor-in-Chief
  • American Bar Association TIPS Leadership Academy
  • Atlanta Bar Association 
  • Defense Research Institute
    • Life, Health and Disability Committee, Chair
  • Self Insurance Institute of America
    • Government Relations Committee
    • Artificial Intelligence Task Force

Honors and Awards

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating
  • Selected to the Georgia Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) in the fields of Employee Benefits, Employment Litigation, Business/Corporate, 2010 – 2011

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