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HAKIM v. ACCENTURE U.S. PENSION PLAN

No. 11-3438.

718 F.3d 675 (2013)

Omar HAKIM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACCENTURE UNITED STATES PENSION PLAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 23, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Hall Armstrong , Attorney, Armstrong Law Firm, St. Louis, MO, Mary L. Perry (argued), Attorney, Law Office of Mary L. Perry, Clayton, MO, Douglas A. Terry , Attorney, Nelson Roselius Terry & Morton, Edmond, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark Casciari (argued), Attorney, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

In this ERISA action, we determine whether a release of claims signed by a former employee in exchange for a severance package is valid and enforceable. Omar Hakim was an employee of Accenture LLP (previously Andersen Consulting LLP) for nearly ten years before being let go as part of a workforce reduction in 2003. During part of his tenure with the company, he participated in the company's pension plan. In 1996, Accenture amended the plan to...

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