Band 2
Provided by Kara Brunk
Kara Brunk has extensive experience designing and documenting employer-sponsored qualified retirement, group health and welfare benefit programs. Kara’s representative experience includes 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 routinely represents employers before the Internal Revenue Service on issues such as obtaining determination letters, appealing penalties assessed under the Affordable Care Act and correcting errors under IRS compliance programs.
Joined Smith Anderson in 2016. Practiced at Poyner Spruill LLP, 2015-2016. Best Lawyers®, "Ones to Watch," Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2021); North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Stars (2020-2021).
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
Kara Brunk advises a broad range of sophisticated employers on the design and documentation of retirement and welfare benefit plans. She is frequently brought in to appear before the IRS to obtain determination letters, correct errors and appeal penalties.
Provided by Chambers
"She is very thorough."
"Kara has been a godsend."
"She is very thorough."
"Kara has been a godsend."
