Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Winston & Strawn LLP Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$119M
Total assets Near avg plan size
351
Participants Below avg headcount
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$338,788
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan · Sponsored by Winston & Strawn LLP · Illinois · Professional & Technical Services

$119M in assets, 351 participants

Winston & Strawn LLP's Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan reported $119M in total assets and 351 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.

  • #19,006 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan covers 351 participants in Illinois, about 45% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $119M.

#19,006
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+35.8%
assets growth YoY
1.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan's outsized position by total assets

Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$118,914,682 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Winston & Strawn LLP 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. Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (351 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan end-of-year assets rose from $88M in the plan year 2022 filing to $119M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan reported net income rose from $26M in the plan year 2022 filing to $31M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan reported participants rose from 337 in the plan year 2022 filing to 351 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 361975990 · Winston & Strawn LLP PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan · $119M · 351 · 92nd

  • BOY $119M
  • SCH 351
  • EBSA 92nd
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near American Postal Workers Union Officers' Qualified Retirement Plan
  • NET ind #19006

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 →

Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Cash Balance Retirement PlanNelson Mullins Riley & Scarb…$119MAmerican Postal Workers Union Officers' Qualified Retirement PlanAmerican Postal Workers Unio…$119MWinston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance PlanWinston & Strawn LLP Cash Ba…$119MHuntington Memorial Hospital Retirement PlanHuntington Memorial Hospital…$118MChurch Mutual Insurance Company Cash Balance PlanChurch Mutual Insurance Comp…$118M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Winston & Strawn LLP 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)$88M
Net Assets (End of Year)$119M
Net Income$31M
Employer EIN361975990
Plan Effective Date2018-02-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Winston & Strawn LLP)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Winston & Strawn LLP plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.4B 35.84584911166967% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.8B$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B 202220232024 $1.03B $1.4B ▲ +35.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 2,793 $1.0B
2023 3 2,842 $1.2B
2024 2 2,003 $1.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.118914682 · Participants: 351Winston & Strawn LLP 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
Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Winston & Strawn LLP 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 American Postal Workers Union Officers' Qualified Retirement Plan in DC ($119M); by covered participants it is Swiss Re Group U.S. Employee's Pension Plan in NY (351 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (351 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 Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan surged - up 35.8% during 2023, from $88M to $119M. Reported net income was $31M.
How have Winston & Strawn LLP plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Winston & Strawn LLP's sponsor-wide assets grew 35.8%, from $1.0B to $1.4B.
Where does Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan ranks in the 92nd 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 Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is American Postal Workers Union Officers' Qualified Retirement Plan in DC ($119M, 93 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Winston & Strawn LLP Cash Balance Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Swiss Re Group U.S. Employee's Pension Plan in NY (351 participants, $425M 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 361975990.

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.