Groom Law Group, Chartered

What Groom Law Group, Chartered does

Groom Law Group, Chartered is a Washington, D.C.-based law firm founded in 1975, shortly after the passage of ERISA in 1974. It is recognized as one of the nation's preeminent specialty practices in employee benefits, retirement, and health care law, with nearly 100 attorneys operating from a single office at 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. — directly across from the White House and within walking distance of the federal agencies (DOL, IRS, Treasury, HHS, CMS) and Congressional offices that shape benefits and health-care regulation. The firm holds Band 1 Chambers USA rankings (2026) in Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation and ERISA Litigation (Nationwide), Tier 1 Legal 500 ranking for Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design, and is consistently cited among the largest ERISA practices in the United States.

The firm's offerings consist of legal counsel across five service lines: Employers & Sponsors (workplace issues, benefit design, plan funding and restructuring, executive compensation), Health Services (health-care regulatory matters for insurers and plans), Retirement Services (ERISA retirement plan design, fiduciary governance, compliance), Litigation (benefits litigation in federal and state courts, arbitrations, and government investigations), and Policy (advocacy before Congress and federal agencies). Content products include the Groom: In Brief blog, the This Week From the Hill regulatory update, and a set of resource hubs covering the SECURE Act, Investment Advice, Investigations & Enforcement, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, and COVID-19 — collectively a thought-leadership platform comprising 3,000+ publications.

Groom operates as a partner-owned professional services firm under traditional law-firm economics: hourly and engagement-based billing for specialized legal counsel sold directly to enterprise clients. There is no PE/VC ownership, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no disclosed revenue, and a single geographic location. Client segments are plan sponsors and employers across industries, health insurers, financial institutions, and public-sector entities, with select public references including The Hershey Company and Legal Services Corporation. Customer acquisition runs almost entirely on reputation, rankings, attorney relationships, and content-driven inbound from in-house counsel, HR, and benefits leaders.

Name

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Legal name

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Website

https://groom.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Groom Law Group, Chartered is a Washington, D.C.-based specialty law firm of nearly 100 attorneys providing ERISA, employee benefits, retirement, and health-care legal counsel to plan sponsors, employers, health insurers, financial institutions, and public-sector clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employee Benefits & ERISA Law

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Office Trust & Fiduciary Services (FSAEAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Estate Planning, Trust Structuring & Governance (FSAAADAF), Personal Trust & Fiduciary Administration (FSAEAKAA)

Keywords

• Employee benefits law
• ERISA compliance
• Retirement plan law
• Healthcare benefits law
• Benefits litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Providing specialized legal counsel and representation in employee benefits, retirement, and healthcare law matters including litigation, regulatory compliance, policy advocacy, and transaction support for employers, health insurers, financial institutions, and public sector clients.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Groom Law Group, Chartered is a specialized law firm that provides legal counsel and representation in employee benefits, ERISA, retirement plan, executive compensation, fiduciary governance, health and welfare benefits, and healthcare law. The firm advises employers and plan sponsors, health insurers, financial institutions, retirement service providers, and government clients on regulatory compliance, plan design and funding, transactions, litigation, and policy advocacy before Congress and federal agencies. Deliverables are attorney-driven services (advice, opinions, regulatory filings, briefs, advocacy) rather than packaged products.

Product overview

Groom Law Group is a law firm providing legal services in employee benefits, ERISA, retirement, and healthcare law rather than a software product company. Their service offerings consist of legal counsel across practice areas including Employers & Sponsors, Health Services, Retirement Services, Litigation, and Policy. Content and publications include Groom: In Brief (short-form blog), This Week From the Hill (regulatory updates), and topic-specific Resource Hubs covering SECURE Act, Investment Advice, Investigations & Enforcement, and Cryptocurrency and Blockchain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employers & Sponsors Legal Services Legal counsel for employers and plan sponsors across workplace issues, benefit design, plan funding and restructuring, executive compensation arrangements, fiduciary governance, and advocacy. Serves employers of all sizes across diverse industries, both private and public sector.
• Health Services Legal Services Specialized counsel on health-care regulation, PBM fee disclosure and rebate rules, health and welfare benefits, and related compliance matters for health insurers, PBMs, and health-services firms.
• Retirement Services Legal Services Counsel on retirement plan design, funding, fiduciary obligations, SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 implementation, in-plan annuities, investment-advice regulation, and ERISA fiduciary issues for employers and retirement service providers.
• Litigation Legal Services Representation in complex ERISA and benefits-related litigation across federal and state courts, arbitrations, and government investigations, including ESOP non-company stock suits and fiduciary class actions.
• Policy Advocacy Legal Services Policy advocacy before Congress and federal agencies on matters affecting employee benefits, retirement, and health-care regulation, leveraging the firm's Washington, D.C. proximity to the U.S. Capitol and federal regulatory bodies.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• McDermott Will & Emery LLP: Global firm with a top-tier healthcare practice and significant employee benefits bench. Directly competes for healthcare law and benefits mandates, especially for health insurers, providers, and large plan sponsors.
• Venable LLP: East Coast-based firm with a strong employee benefits and ERISA practice in Washington, D.C. Directly comparable on benefits, fiduciary governance, and retirement-related advisory matters for plan sponsors.
• Proskauer Rose LLP: Am Law 100 firm widely regarded as a leading employee benefits and executive compensation practice. Directly competes for the same benefits, retirement and ERISA litigation mandates, particularly for large plan sponsors and financial institutions.
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP: Global firm with one of the largest employee benefits and executive compensation practices in the United States. Competes for the same ERISA, fiduciary governance, and benefits litigation work, including matters touching federal regulators.
• Davis & Harman LLP: Washington, D.C.-based boutique law firm specializing in ERISA, employee benefits, and retirement policy. Highly comparable niche focus, similar regulatory-proximity advantage, and overlapping client base of plan sponsors and trade associations.
• Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: National firm with a deep employee benefits and executive compensation practice. Directly competes for benefits, retirement, and ERISA-related mandates, particularly for large plan sponsors and tax-exempt organizations.
• Jackson Lewis P.C. National labor and employment firm with a sizable employee benefits practice. Competes for ERISA, retirement, and benefits work alongside its employment offering, particularly with corporate plan sponsors.

Broad incumbents

• Mayer Brown LLP: Global firm with a recognized employee benefits and executive compensation practice. Comparable on ERISA and benefits advisory work but competes within a much broader full-service platform.
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP: Global firm with a Washington-based benefits and healthcare regulatory practice. Competes on ERISA, healthcare policy and lobbying matters but as part of a broad corporate, litigation and policy platform.
• Seyfarth Shaw LLP: Am Law 100 firm with a well-known ERISA and employee benefits litigation practice. Overlaps with Groom on benefits litigation but offers a far broader service portfolio across labor, employment, real estate and corporate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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