Andrea Bailey Powers

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Working from the Birmingham office, Ms. Powers represents employers in all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation matters, including the design and administration of tax-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare benefit plans, and non-qualified executive compensation and equity plans. She previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Employee Benefits Law at the University of Alabama's Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law.

Ms. Powers' practice focuses heavily on issues related to controlled and affiliated service groups of employers. She helps create solutions for benefits issues that arise in complicated organizational structures, such as nondiscrimination testing, Qualified Separate Line of Business (QSLOB) filings, and Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement (MEWA) analysis. Ms. Powers has significant experience representing third-party administrators (TPAs) and employers with respect to administrative service agreements and ERISA compliance. Her practice includes employers in a variety of industries, with a focus on health care, manufacturing, and REITs.