09 Feb 2026
Greenberg Traurig Adds Employee Benefits Shareholder Lisa H. Barton in Boston Office
"Greenberg Traurig has hired Lisa H. Barton as a shareholder in its Boston office to join the Labor & Employment and Retail Industry practices, focusing on employee benefits and executive compensation."
Barton joins Greenberg Traurig’s Labor & Employment and Retail Industry practices from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, where she served as the managing partner of the firm’s Boston office. She enters Greenberg Traurig with shareholder status.
Over a 25-year career, Barton has counseled public and private employers across industries on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation, with an emphasis on assisting retailers facing large-scale workforce, benefits, and compliance challenges. Her practice includes strategic advice on the design, implementation, and ongoing administration of employee benefit plans and programs, including 401(k) and pension plans, health and retiree medical plans, equity and long-term incentive arrangements, executive and broad-based severance plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and other executive compensation arrangements.
Barton advises employers on compliance with ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, COBRA, and the Affordable Care Act, and regularly represents plan sponsors before the IRS, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration in proceedings involving administrative error correction, agency audits, and business transactions and reorganizations. She also has significant experience supporting corporate transactions, including diligence reviews of benefit plans and post-transaction plan corrections, mergers, and terminations.
Barton is consistently recognized for her work in employee benefits and executive compensation, including listings in The Best Lawyers in America for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and The Legal 500 United States. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and holds a J.D. from Capital University Law School and a B.A. from the College of Wooster.