Michael Williams

Practice Areas

Michael represents clients who have established and maintained broad-based group welfare plans, including group health plans, cafeteria plans and wellness plans. Mike frequently advises clients on COBRA and HIPAA compliance, as well as compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Michael also counsels nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations on all aspects of their enterprise, such as tax matters and unrelated business income, intermediate sanctions and joint ventures, governance, foundations, endowment funds, charitable/planned giving programs, fundraising and collaborating with donors.

Michael’s clients range from private universities to Fortune 500 companies to large nonprofits. He assists these businesses with a variety of issues, including:

compliance with Code Section 409A,457(b) and 457(f)

executive employment agreements, severance arrangements and incentive compensation plans

group welfare plans

COBRA and HIPAA compliance

transactional tax matters

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Committee on Employee Benefits Subcommittee on Regulation of Employee Health Care Benefit Plans Chapter 8 - Co-chair

Louisiana State Bar Association

Cincinnati Bar Association

Association of Employee Benefit Planners of New Orleans - Chair

TEGE Council - Gulf Coast Area, Employee Plans Sub-groups

Loyola University College of Law - Adjunct Professor