ESOP’s Fable—Or How an ERISA Star Came Home to McDermott

Theodore Becker and Richard Pearl joined McDermott’s Employee Benefits Practice Group in Chicago. “I just think generally that when people have a stake in the company that they approach things differently,” Becker said. “True law firm partnerships are a good example of that. McDermott is a good example of that, and it’s one of the reasons I’m going there. You see a lot of cooperation.”