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Groom Law Group, Chartered

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

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Groom Law Group, Chartered

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Provided by Groom Law Group, Chartered

Groom has been at the forefront of developments in the nation’s benefits, health, and retirement laws since Congress passed ERISA in 1974. With nearly 100 attorneys dedicated to the employee benefits practice, Groom offers clients unparalleled coverage of issues and disputes arising from ERISA, the Tax Code, securities laws, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, ADEA, and the many other laws that govern employee benefits. 

Groom’s services include (1) assisting employers with workplace and personnel issues, benefit design, plan funding and restructuring, executive compensation, litigation, and advocacy; (2) counseling managed care organizations, insurance companies, trade associations, and others on a wide range of health and welfare matters, including federal and state health insurance regulation, government programs, privacy and security issues, product design, federal and state audits and investigations, federal and state advocacy, and litigation; and (3) representation of retirement plan sponsors and financial institutions and advisers on matters that include investment of plan assets, IRAs, HSAs, design/delivery of products and services in the retirement plan marketplace, audits and investigations, litigation, and advocacy.

Honors:

  • 2018 Chambers USA Award for Excellence for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
  • Consistently ranked Band 1 for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation by Chambers USA 
  • Tier 1, Employee benefits & executive compensation – design by Legal 500 US

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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - USA - Nationwide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Groom Law Group, Chartered is a boutique employee benefits firm celebrated for its breadth, advising on the full panoply of employee benefits and compensation issues including health and welfare, ERISA Title I fiduciary responsibility matters, multiemployer plans and executive compensation arrangements. The group regularly advises corporate clients on the design and implementation of various executive compensation arrangements, including deferred compensation and equity compensation plans.
Notable practitioners

David Levine in Washington, DC is a key contact.

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Work Highlights

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  • Groom Law Group, Chartered advised AllianceBernstein with the design and development of its Lifetime Income Strategy plan, including its designation as a qualified default investment alternative.

Strengths

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  • The firm can provide specific and practical guidance, informed by incredibly deep and broad experience.

    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation respondentUSA

  • Groom Law is one of the top law firms in this space. It understands Washington and has real-world experience that it can put into practice.

    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation respondentUSA

  • What I really value and find unusual is that its attorneys have a lot of individual niches. They have depth of expertise, and you get the most knowledgeable person.

    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation respondentUSA

  • GLG attorneys are very tuned in to legislative and regulatory developments.

    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation respondentUSA

  • Groom Law Group offers a unique perspective drawn from a client base that spans the entire defined contribution ecosystem and the full range of engagements for those clients.

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Members

Provided by Groom Law Group, Chartered

  • David Levine

    Head of Department

  • Malcolm Slee

    Head of Department

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