Susan P. Serota, New York-based leader of Pillsbury's Executive Compensation & Benefits practice, has been named Employment Lawyer of the Year in the 2013 Chambers USA Women in Law Awards.

Serota received the honor at a January 15 ceremony attended by some 200 guests at Harvard Club of New York City. Presenting her with the award was Louise Parent, executive vice president and general counsel of American Express.

The Chambers USA Women in Law Awards honor female in-house and Chambers-ranked private practice attorneys who are committed to furthering the advancement of women in the law.

Serota has been an active mentor to female associates through Pillsbury's women’s attorneys network. She is currently vice chair of the New York Chapter 2020 Women on Boards, for which the firm is a corporate sponsor.

As the firmwide leader of Pillsbury’s Executive Compensation & Benefits Practice, Serota has experience in all areas of pensions, employee benefits, executive compensation and stock options. She has significant experience in the compensation of senior executives, fiduciary matters relating to ERISA and other plans, international benefits, employee benefit aspects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, welfare plans, ERISA fiduciary litigation and securities law matters. She is also an advisor to both foreign and domestic governmental entities regarding pensions, deferred compensation and privatizing pension/social security/invalidity payment systems.

She is past chair of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, the nation's largest organization of tax lawyers.

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