Employee Benefits

The Employee Benefits Practice Group helps employers comply with the many layers of statutory and regulatory requirements affecting employee benefits. Our employee benefits attorneys provide practical solutions to legal issues, communicating with clients in straightforward plain English.  Our attorneys provide day-to-day advice on various employee benefits and executive compensation tax and legal issues. We provide representation and assistance in several areas, including drafting and reviewing plan documents, preparing summary plan descriptions and other employee communications, mergers and acquisitions (including pre-transaction due diligence, negotiating transaction agreements and post-transaction integration), Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor audits; preparing or reviewing annual IRS Forms 5500 and other returns; providing advice regarding ERISA fiduciary issues, prohibited transaction and other plan asset issues; COBRA continuation coverage issues; compliance with the HIPAA privacy requirements; employment tax and income tax withholding issues; employee benefits and executive compensation litigation; and multiemployer plan withdrawal liability issues.

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NameTitleOfficePhoneContact
Stuart O. Baesel Jr. Of Counsel Atlanta (404) 231-1400 vCard
Sheldon J. Blumling Partner Irvine (949) 798-2127 vCard
Joseph J. Brennan Associate Cleveland (440) 838-8800 vCard
Callan G. Carter Partner San Francisco (415) 490-9020 vCard
Robert C. Christenson Partner Atlanta (404) 240-4256 vCard
Alva L. Cross Of Counsel Tampa (813) 769-7516 vCard
Sandra Mills Feingerts Partner New Orleans (504) 529-3836 vCard
Joseph W. Gagnon Partner Houston / San Antonio (713) 292-0150 vCard
Donald B. Harden Senior Counsel Atlanta (404) 240-4270 vCard
Edward F. Harold Partner New Orleans (504) 592-3801 vCard
Christopher C. Hoffman Regional Managing Partner San Diego (858) 597-9610 vCard
Karl R. Lindegren Partner Irvine / Los Angeles (949) 851-2424 vCard
Regina A. Petty Partner San Diego / Los Angeles (858) 597-9614 vCard
Jeffrey D. Smith Partner Cleveland (440) 838-8800 vCard
J. Hagood Tighe Partner Columbia (803) 255-0000 vCard
David J. Treibman Of Counsel New Jersey (908) 516-1063 vCard
A. Kevin Troutman Partner Houston (713) 292-5602 vCard
Danielle S. Urban Partner Denver (303) 218-3650 vCard
William D. Wright Partner Philadelphia / Washington, D.C. (610) 230-2137 vCard