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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

USA Guide 2026 : California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou


Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP

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Keeping pace with the changes and complexities of the regulatory environment, we help plan sponsors and service providers mitigate risk and advance critical HR objectives. With comprehensive service offerings, we consider your distinct needs and concerns in developing or modifying benefits plans and executive compensation arrangements. When it helps you, we form multidisciplinary teams — often comprising colleagues from our corporate, employment, health, insurance, investment management and litigation practice groups. Through these collaborations, we identify creative resolutions to our clients’ most vexing problems and uncover opportunities that might otherwise go unseen. Whether you’re a benefits plan fiduciary, a government or other tax-exempt employer, a privately held company or a public company, we provide practical counsel and customized strategies to address your specific challenges and opportunities.

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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou


What the Team is Known For

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is noted for its wealth of expertise in employee benefits issues. The team handles a variety of matters on behalf of plan sponsors, service providers and fiduciaries. The members offer expertise in ERISA compliance as well as ESOP transactions. They regularly represent plan sponsors and fiduciaries in relation to IRS and Department of Labor investigations and audits.

Work Highlights

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  • Faegre Drinker represented Tetra Tech as ERISA counsel for the company's 401(k) plan.

Strengths

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  • The firm is very knowledgeable about both cash and equity-based executive compensation plans.

    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation respondentUSA
  • The firm understands their clients and tailors their advising to our unique needs.

    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 3Summer Conley
    Band 3Summer Conley

    Summer Conley

    Summer Conley is leader of the firm's benefits and executive compensation group. She advises her clients on a variety of employee benefits matters including 401(k) and health and welfare plans, as well as COBRA and HIPAA-related issues.

    • She is responsive, knowledgeable of our organization and a great partner.

      Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation respondentUSA
  • Band 3Yana Johnson
    Band 3Yana Johnson

    Yana Johnson

    Yana Johnson is sought out for her skillful handling of executive compensation matters for public clients.

    • Yana makes herself available on an ongoing basis to help support our team when complex questions arise.

      Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation respondentUSA

Ranked Individuals at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP (2)

California: Los Angeles & Surrounds

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    Summer Conley

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California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou

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    Yana Johnson

    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

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