Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$152M
Total assets Near avg plan size
266
Participants Below avg headcount
94th
Percentile by assets National rank
$573,100
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Mw&e Cash Balance Plan · Sponsored by Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP · Illinois · Professional & Technical Services

$152M in assets, 266 participants

Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP's Mw&e Cash Balance Plan reported $152M in total assets and 266 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #19,264 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan covers 266 participants in Illinois, about 34% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $152M.

#19,264
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+48.7%
assets growth YoY
1.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan's outsized position by total assets

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$152,444,613 Top 6% higher than 94% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Mw&e Cash Balance Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (266 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Mw&e Cash Balance Plan reported net income rose from $25M in the plan year 2022 filing to $50M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Mw&e Cash Balance Plan end-of-year assets rose from $103M in the plan year 2022 filing to $152M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Mw&e Cash Balance Plan reported participants rose from 256 in the plan year 2022 filing to 266 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 361453176 · Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan · $152M · 266 · 94th

  • EBSA $152M
  • EBSA 266
  • EBSA 94th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Eastern Shore Teamsters Pension Fund
  • EBSA ind #19264

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Woodward Hrt Pension Plan$153MEastern Shore Teamsters Pension FundEastern Shore Teamsters Pens…$152MMw&e Cash Balance Plan$152MLumber Industry Pension Plan$152MConsolidated Retirement Plan of Dole Food Company, Inc.Consolidated Retirement Plan…$152M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Mw&e Cash Balance Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$103M
Net Assets (End of Year)$152M
Net Income$50M
Employer EIN361453176
Plan Effective Date2020-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.2B 97.27445112013213% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.5B$2B$2.5B 202220232024 $1.11B $2.19B ▲ +97.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 2,147 $1.1B
2023 2 2,264 $1.4B
2024 8 3,403 $2.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Mw&e Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.152444613 · Participants: 266Mw&e Cash Balance PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 49.680270595 · Participants: 48538Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 35.242945747 · Participants: 45001State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.965094339 · Participants: 20680United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.960744597 · Participants: 16346John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.819798504 · Participants: 17382Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
Mw&e Cash Balance Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Mw&e Cash Balance Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Eastern Shore Teamsters Pension Fund in MD ($152M); by covered participants it is Plastic Omnium - Auto Inergy Systems (USA) Pension Plan in MI (266 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($152M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (266 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Mw&e Cash Balance Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Mw&e Cash Balance Plan surged - up 48.7% during 2023, from $103M to $152M. Reported net income was $50M.
How have Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP's sponsor-wide assets grew 97.3%, from $1.1B to $2.2B.
Where does Mw&e Cash Balance Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Mw&e Cash Balance Plan ranks in the 94th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Mw&e Cash Balance Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Eastern Shore Teamsters Pension Fund in MD ($152M, 330 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Mw&e Cash Balance Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Plastic Omnium - Auto Inergy Systems (USA) Pension Plan in MI (266 participants, $68M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 361453176.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.