Band 2
Provided by Kara Brunk
Kara Brunk has extensive experience designing and documenting employer-sponsored qualified retirement, group health and welfare benefit programs. In addition to advising public, private, governmental and non-profit employers on a wide range of compliance issues ranging from day-to-day plan administration to correcting operational errors that have jeopardized the plan’s tax-qualified status, Kara's representative experience includes helping employers navigate and execute seamless benefit plan integration in connection with mergers and acquisitions. Kara also routinely represents employers before the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor.
Joined Smith Anderson in 2016. Practiced at Poyner Spruill LLP, 2015-2016. Business North Carolina Legal Elite, Young Guns ( 2024-2025); Best Lawyers®, "Ones to Watch," Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2021-2024); North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Stars (2020-2023).
Triangle Benefits Forum (President, 2016-2019); North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Membership Committee, 2017-Present; Member, YLD Community Relations Committee, 2016-2017); Wake County Bar Association.
University of North Carolina School of Law, high honors, J.D., 2012 (Order of the Coif); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with distinction, B.A. in Political Science, 2009 (Phi Beta Kappa); Food Runners Collaborative (Member, Board of Directors, 2017-Present; Secretary, 2019); Raleigh Kiwanis Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 2016-2018; Secretary, 2017-2018).
Provided by Chambers
Provided by Chambers
She is extremely knowledgeable.
She is extremely knowledgeable.