Ms. Troy is an associate in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and a member of the firm's Labor & Employment Practice Group. Her practice primarily focuses on the representation of management in the area of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) litigation, including class action and multi-plaintiff litigation.

Her ERISA and employee benefits litigation experience includes representing employers in multiemployer withdrawal liability assessments; pension, disability and retiree health care benefit claims; breach of fiduciary duty claims; cash balance plan claims; and “stock drop” claims.

In addition to her ERISA and employee benefits litigation experience, Ms. Troy also has experience in the field of labor relations law. She represents clients in unfair labor practice proceedings, grievance and interest arbitrations, and Section 301 litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Troy served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Richard D. Cudahy of the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. She was responsible for drafting bench memoranda on a variety of issues, including breaches of ERISA fiduciary duties and ERISA surety bond issuer liability.

While completing her LL.M. degree, she served as a extern with the IRS Division of Employee Plans, where she developed national training materials for IRS examination agents regarding tax-qualified retirement plans in controlled groups. The materials instructed agents on how to identify whether plan sponsors are members of a controlled group and the impact on a plan’s qualified status.

While in law school, she served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Annette K. Ziegler of the Wisconsin Supreme Court where she was responsible for drafting bench memoranda regarding the constitutionality of the Wisconsin Family or Medical Leave Act.