Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Our attorneys advise private, tax-exempt and public employers on the design and implementation of ESOPs and other qualified retirement plans, the design and implementation of welfare benefit plans, participant communications, fiduciary issues, prohibited transactions and correction matters. Our employee benefits attorneys also counsel clients on ERISA issues such as investment policy statements, use of employer securities, plan administration, claims review procedures, privilege issues, and employee education.

This practice also focuses on the impact of benefit programs on financial reporting, special concerns related to tax-exempt and public employers, the employment law aspects of employee benefits and special compensation concerns of the health care industry. The group provides corporate and securities laws advice related to retirement plans, long-term incentive plans and other executive compensation arrangements, such as corporate governance issues, registration statements, proxy statements and Rule 144 and Rule 16b-3.

In addition to traditional counseling, we are involved in all aspects of employee benefits litigation and administrative proceedings, including Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service audits, correction procedures and fiduciary and benefit litigation.