Ann M Caresani

Practice Areas

Ann Caresani advises employers and service providers regarding designing and operating executive compensation and employee benefit plans that help attract and retain talent, and comply with myriad legal requirements. She breaks complex concepts down into understandable terms. She also tackles anything that might keep you up at night, such as merger and acquisition transactions, IRS audits, Department of Labor investigations and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation.

Ann is a trusted advisor to business owners, board members, executives, in-house counsel and professional service advisors. As a business attorney and certified public accountant with an M.B.A., Ann has the business perspective needed to assist clients with their strategic objectives, such as business succession planning and mergers and acquisitions. She works closely with her BakerHostetler colleagues with various areas of expertise to ensure that clients’ needs are timely and efficiently met.

Professional Memberships

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

-- Governance Committee (2022)

-- Treasurer and Fiscal Policy Committee Chair (2017 to 2020)

-- Board of Trustees: Fiscal Policy Committee Member (2014 to 2017)

-- Women Honoring Women: Co-Chair (2014)

-- Women in Law Section: Chair (2012 to 2013)

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation: Fellow

Worldwide Employee Benefits Network, Northeast Ohio Chapter

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Tax Exempt Government Entities Joint Council, Great Lakes Chapter: Vice Chair