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Kara Backus

Kara Backus

USA 2026

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Ballard Spahr LLP
 Ballard Spahr LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Oregon

7 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Kara Backus practices exclusively in the areas of employee benefits and executive compensation. She enjoys working with clients to help them better understand and solve their often complex employee benefits issues.

Clients rely on Kara’s experience with qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare benefit plans, executive compensation issues, and the employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Kara helps clients to design and draft benefit plans, monitor compliance with new legislation, analyze regulatory guidance under the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA, and interact with the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Labor regarding plan issues. She also advises clients on equity plans, Section 409A deferred compensation arrangements, and fiduciary responsibility.

Career

Admissions

Oregon

California

Professional Memberships

Professional Activities

Oregon State Bar, 2011-Present

State Bar of California, 2008-Present

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - Oregon

Band 1
Individual Editorial

Kara Backus provides high-end advice to employees on a wide variety of matters. She is highly adept at handling issues related to health and welfare, as well as retirement plans and non-qualified compensation arrangements.

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Strengths

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  • Kara is highly responsive, easy to collaborate with and brings a thoughtful, big-picture perspective.

    Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationChambers Guide to the USA

  • Kara has great depth of knowledge and the ability to find answers to more obscure questions quickly. She is also very responsive to our needs and has a wonderful ability to incorporate our company's culture and values into her approach.

    Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationChambers Guide to the USA

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