Jamie Frazier, co-chair of the Financial Services Group, focuses his practice in the area of ERISA and employee benefits. A large part of his practice is devoted to advising clients with respect to the application of ERISA’s fiduciary standards and prohibited transaction provisions to their activities in transactional and regulatory matters.
Frazier regularly advises financial services firms with respect to the structuring of investment vehicles and other investment products, including complex structured products and derivatives, offered to employee benefit plans and entities deemed to hold the assets of such plans. He routinely advises financial services firms in connection with the provision of services, such as investment management and brokerage services, to such plans or entities. Frazier also advises clients regarding issues that arise under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code in the context of corporate transactions. He also routinely represents clients before the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2026 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2025 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2024 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| Lawdragon Releases Latest Guide to the Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers in America | 2022 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2021 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
Prior to entering private practice, Frazier was a Pension Law Specialist with the U.S. Department of Labor, where he spent extensive time working with the fiduciary provisions found in, and prohibited transaction exemptions issued under, Title I of ERISA.
Selected Speaking Engagements:
- PLI Advanced Pension Plan Investments 2024
- PLI Pension Plan Investments 2023: Advanced Perspectives
- Pension Plan Investments 2022: Advanced Perspectives, Practising Law Institute, November, 22, 2022
- Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2022: Pay, Performance, and Perspectives, Practising Law Institute, February 2, 2022
- Pension Plan Investments 2021: Advanced Perspectives, Practising Law Institute, November, 15, 2021
- Pension Plan Investments 2020: Current Perspectives, Practising Law Institute, October 20, 2020
- Pension Plan Investments 2019: Current Perspectives, Practising Law Institute, May 7, 2019
- Pension Plan Investments 2018: Current Perspectives, Practising Law Institute, May 15, 2018
- ERISA Plan Investments in Financial Markets 2018: The Fundamentals, Practising Law Institute, March 23, 2018
Selected Professional Publications:
- "Department of Labor Finalizes Rule Adopting Amendments to the ‘Investment Duties’ Regulation" (co-author), Clients & Friends, November 18, 2020
- "Pension Plan Investments 2020 - Regulatory Update", PLI Pension Plan Investments: 2020, Current Perspectives (co-author)
- "Pension Plan Investments 2019 – Regulatory Update", PLI Pension Plan Investments: 2019, Current Perspectives (co-author)
- "Choose One: Best Interest or Full Service" (co-author), Clients & Friends, April 26, 2018
- "The Trump Administration: President Trump Issues Executive Actions on Dodd-Frank and the DOL Fiduciary Rule", Clients & Friends, February 16, 2017
- "U.S. Department of Labor's Proposed New Criteria for Qualification as a 'Rating Agency' in Connection with the Underwriter Exemptions," PLI Pension Plan Investments 2013: Current Perspectives (co-author)