Author: Bailey Glasser

EXCLUSIVE REPORT: BG Vaccine Case Profiled in Rolling Stone Magazine

“Take time to examine it, it all falls apart.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Rolling Stone has published an exclusive investigation by Katherine Eban into the national fight over childhood vaccines. Much of that fight is playing out in West Virginia, and the article highlights the work Bailey Glasser is doing on behalf of schoolchildren and everyone (including school professionals and families) who are affected by exposure to communicable diseases that vaccines can easily prevent.

Our firm represents the West Virginia Board of Education in litigation over the state’s school vaccination law. That law has stood since 1937 and for nearly 90 years has required students to be vaccinated to attend public school, with exemptions only for medical reasons. West Virginia has not had a measles outbreak since 1994, while neighboring states have struggled to contain recent outbreaks.

In 2025, the new West Virginia governor issued an executive order directing the state health department to grant religious exemptions. The Board of Education voted 9-0 to follow the law as written. Within weeks, the Board was sued by a legal team that has challenged vaccine requirements in states across the country. The case went to trial in Raleigh County last September.

Partner Christopher D. Smith, founding partner Benjamin L. Bailey, and litigator Denali Hedrick lead the Board’s defense. Rolling Stone follows Chris from that courtroom to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, which has paused a lower court ruling against the Board. We are now awaiting a decision from the state’s highest court.

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Bailey Glasser Welcomes Robin Bleiweis to Consumer Litigation Practice Group

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Bailey Glasser warmly welcomes Robin Bleiweis to our Consumer Litigation Practice Group in Washington, D.C.

Robin represents people in matters involving debt collection, consumer finance, and deceptive and unfair business practices. She brings experience in civil rights and employment litigation, including work with the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs and experience representing federal employees in discrimination and whistleblower matters.

“What stands out about Robin is how much she cares about the people she represents and how dedicated she has been throughout her career and education to helping people,” said Jonathan R. Marshall, Practice Area Leader of the firm’s entire Contingency Practice Area and leader of its Consumer Litigation Practice Group. “We look forward to seeing the difference she will make to the clients our firm represents.”

Before joining Bailey Glasser, Robin was a Public Interest Fellow at a plaintiff-side class action firm, clerked at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and worked as a research associate at the Center for American Progress.

Robin earned her J.D. with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law, where she represented clients through the Civil Legal Assistance Clinic. She graduated magna cum laude from Wake Forest University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and psychology.

Supreme Court Argument on Bailey Glasser ERISA Case Being Held October 6, 2026

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On October 6, the Supreme Court of the United States will be hearing our case Anderson v. Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee et al., an important case involving how claims that fiduciary standards were breached in the selection of retirement plan investments must be pleaded.

This is the second time this case has reached the Supreme Court. In 2020, a unanimous court held that defendants must prove the plaintiff had actual, not constructive, knowledge of his claims for the three-year statute of limitations to apply. Intel Corp. Inv. Pol. Comm. v. Sulyma, 589 U.S. 178 (2020). The case is especially timely given the recent regulatory and legislative push to allow private equity, crypto and other exotic investments into 401(k) and traditional pension plans.

In January 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the petition for certiorari filed by Bailey & Glasser, LLP and co-counsel on behalf of clients Winston Anderson and Christopher Sulyma in their ongoing case against the Intel Corporation and the plan fiduciaries responsible for investing Intel’s retirement plans. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants mismanaged retirement plan assets by stuffing target date funds and a “balanced fund” in the Intel plans with expensive, opaque, and esoteric private equity and hedge fund investments. These outlier investments caused Intel employees to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in retirement savings.

Gregory Porter, BG’s ERISA Practice Group Leader and leading co-counsel in this case, said, “This case presents a critical opportunity to clarify how courts evaluate fiduciary decision-making in complex retirement-plan investments, particularly as plans increasingly incorporate alternative and nontraditional assets.”

In addition to Greg Porter, the petition was filed by Bailey Glasser’s nationally recognized ERISA litigation team, which includes partners Mark Boyko and Ryan Jenny, as well as co-counsel from Gupta Wessler LLP and The Barton Firm LLP.

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Bailey Glasser Supports the United Way of Central West Virginia

A BG team was of service at the United Way Day of Caring at the Shawnee Sports Complex.

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From courtrooms to restrooms, the Bailey Glasser Charleston office rolled up its sleeves for a day of service for the United Way of Central West Virginia by participating in its annual Day of Caring at the Shawnee Sports Complex. Bailey Glasser has been a longstanding supporter of United Way of Central West Virginia and its mission to strengthen the region by connecting people with essential resources and mobilizing volunteers.

Partner and Institutional Abuse and Neglect Team Leader Sharon Iskra pounded the pavement in concession and entrance areas with a power washer. Receptionist Janet Miller and Administrative Support Specialist Dawn Fujita spent the day refreshing the complex’s restrooms, while Of Counsel Victor “Weed Wacker” Woods spent the day sprucing up the grounds.

“Giving back is part of what it means to be connected to the communities we serve. Whether we are advocating in a courtroom or pitching in at a local sports complex, every act of service matters, and we are grateful for the opportunity to help,” said Sharon.

Thank you to United Way of Central West Virginia for organizing another meaningful Day of Caring and thank you to everyone who devoted their time and energy to strengthening the community.

In Memory of Joseph “Joe” Rice

We honor and mark the passing of Joseph “Joe” Rice, who was a fierce plaintiff’s lawyer, honorable colleague, and true friend.

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We honor and mark the passing of Joseph “Joe” Rice, who was a fierce plaintiff’s lawyer, honorable colleague, and true friend. Over the course of his estimable career, he helped innumerable people grappling with the hardest challenges in their lives as they faced down illness and injury from tobacco, asbestos, and other defective products and poisonous chemicals. All of us here at Bailey Glasser were honored to know and fight alongside him, including Ben Bailey, Brian Glasser, David Selby, Katherine Charonko, Todd Mathews, and Samira Bode.

Our hearts go out to his family, and the wonderful photo in the image below comes from his daughter Ann, who herself became a fierce trial lawyer and carries on her father’s legacy at the firm he co-founded, Motley Rice LLC.

To learn more about the passing of this legal legend, please find a gift link to his obituary in the New York Times here.