Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Our firm has by far the largest employee benefits practice in Arkansas, encompassing more than 1,000 separate benefits and compensation plans. Members of our practice group all have Masters in Taxation law degrees.  Our clients based in Arkansas and beyond represent a “who’s who” of leading employers and include:

• A leading energy utility
• Banks and bank holding companies
• A large nationwide department store retailer
• Food processing companies with regional and national reach
• The top Arkansas health systems and hospitals
• Family business interests that own dozens of companies
• Educational institutions and other not-for-profit organizations (including the State of Arkansas deferred compensation plan)

But large plans are hardly our only focus. Small employers — for example, medical practices and family-owned businesses — also receive the same attention to detail and insightful legal guidance as clients with tens of thousands of covered employees. The volume of the plans we represent provide us with constant contact with the Department of Labor (Employee Benefits Security Administration) and the Internal Revenue Service on pension and benefits issues which in turn provides our clients with the assurance of representation by lawyers who are well-known and respected by government regulators.