About Megan G.
Megan G. Holstein graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 1999 after earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Illinois–Chicago in 1992. She began her legal career as a law clerk at Caplan and Earnest LLC the year she finished law school. That early experience in a small firm setting gave her a foundation in legal research and the practical demands of client work.
She moved into private practice as a lawyer at Howard O. Bernstein, P.C. in 2002. By 2006 she was handling employment and litigation matters for Level 3 Communications and serving as a planning commissioner for the Town of Erie, a role that introduced a public-policy dimension to her work. In 2007 she took on the role of senior corporate counsel at Mainline Releasing/Lightning Entertainment, where corporate and transactional matters intersected with risk and regulatory concerns.
Holstein shifted into consulting and leadership roles over the next decade. She joined Ensemble Resources, LLC as a principal in 2010 and later served on the board of Peak to Peak Charter School beginning in 2009. In 2016 she became vice president of compliance at Reed Group, a role that broadened her involvement in regulatory oversight and benefits administration. She also taught employee benefits law at the University of Colorado School of Law in 2017 and taught human resources management at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2018, bringing practical experience into the classroom.
In 2018 she returned to firm practice as a principal at Jackson Lewis P.C., where employment law and litigation work remained central to her portfolio. Her career next moved toward claims and absence management. She served as EVP of claims and absence at FINEOS in 2022 and later that year took on leadership at The Hartford as head of absence management and vice president for group benefits.
Throughout her career Holstein has worked across employment law, benefits administration, compliance, claims management and corporate counsel duties. Her teaching roles reflect a willingness to translate technical legal topics for students and practitioners. The mix of public service, in-house positions, consulting and firm practice has given her a broad perspective on how employers, insurers and policy makers approach benefits and absence issues.
She is licensed to practice in New York and Colorado. She currently works at The Hartford, where she leads absence management and serves as vice president for group benefits.
