David Rogers focuses his practice on employee benefits matters, including all areas of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, executive compensation, and executive employment agreements. He represents many large publicly traded companies as well as large hospital systems in all areas of ERISA compliance and governance.
Rogers’s deep knowledge and experience includes working with the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) in obtaining rulings, advisory opinions, and other matters. He also represented large employers on the PBGC’s Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Reportable Events. He previously served as a member of the Congressional Task Force analyzing and reporting to Congress on the status of the District of Columbia Retirement Board.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2026 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers | 2025 | Restructuring, Insolvency; Trustee Litigation |
| 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's Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers of America | 2021 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2020 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| 2019 Top 20 Lawyers in Employee Benefits | 2019 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| 2018 Top 20 Lawyers in Employee Benefits | 2018 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
In the bankruptcy area, Rogers represents Chapter 7 and 11 trustees in their role as sponsor or administrator of employee pension and welfare benefit plans, on a broad range of issues. Rogers was also co-counsel in Beck v. PACE, in which the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 2007 a unanimous decision on behalf of a client regarding the fiduciary duties involved in the termination of a qualified defined benefit pension plan.
Rogers is a member of Winston & Strawn’s Executive Committee and the managing partner of the firm's Washington, D.C. office. At his previous firm, he was a member of the executive committee and the head of the firm’s Employee Benefits, Compensation, Labor & Employment Practice Group.