Brian is co-chair of the firm's tax practice. With more than 35 years of experience, he concentrates his practice on collectively bargained and multiemployer plans, church plans, tax sheltered annuity and deferred compensation plans for tax exempt organizations; estate and income tax planning for qualified retirement plans and IRAs; trusts and estates; tax and corporate law; and qualified domestic relations orders and qualified medical child support orders.
Brian was an adjunct law professor at Syracuse University teaching Deferred Compensation and an adjunct professor teaching Trusts and Estates for almost 20 years.
The Best Lawyers in America®, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law, 2008-2025 (listed for more than 15 years)
Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Tax Law, 2017; 2019; 2021
Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, 2015; 2017; 2020
New York Super Lawyers®, Employee Benefits, 2024
Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel
American Bar Association, Labor Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee
New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Law Section, Insurance and Pension Committee; Former Chair, Life Insurance and Employee Benefits Committee
Strathmore's Who's Who, 2010 Professional of the Year for Employee Benefits Law
IRA Planning Under the Required Minimum Distribution Rules, Central New York Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance, November 22, 2019
Pension Protection Act and Withdrawal Liability, National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, September 2018
The Growing Employer Liabilities Associated with Participating in Collectively Bargained Multiemployer Pension Funds, Bond Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, January 2017
Bond's Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, Fall 2016
Multiemployer Pension Plans Strategy, Client Presentation, August 2016
The New Funding Rules Under the Pension Protection Act -- Hidden Employer Liabilities and Negotiation Strategies and Withdrawal Liability Under ERISA, Bond/Harbridge Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, June 2012
Financial Exposure Under the Pension Protection Act, FASB Disclosure Requirements and Withdrawal and Mass Withdrawal Liability Issues
Mass Withdrawal from Distressed Pension Plans, Iron Workers Attorneys Conference, April 2010
Pension Protection Act -- Collective Bargaining from the Employer's Standpoint, North American Iron Workers 2010 IMPACT Labor-Management Conference, February 2010
Marital Issues -- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, New York State Bar Association, September 2008
Brian is co-chair of the firm's tax practice. With more than 35 years of experience, he concentrates his practice on collectively bargained and multiemployer plans, church plans, tax sheltered annuity and deferred compensation plans for tax exempt organizations; estate and income tax planning for qualified retirement plans and IRAs; trusts and estates; tax and corporate law; and qualified domestic relations orders and qualified medical child support orders.
Brian was an adjunct law professor at Syracuse University teaching Deferred Compensation and an adjunct professor teaching Trusts and Estates for almost 20 years.
The Best Lawyers in America®, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law, 2008-2025 (listed for more than 15 years)
Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Tax Law, 2017; 2019; 2021
Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, 2015; 2017; 2020
New York Super Lawyers®, Employee Benefits, 2024
Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel
American Bar Association, Labor Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee
New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Law Section, Insurance and Pension Committee; Former Chair, Life Insurance and Employee Benefits Committee
Strathmore's Who's Who, 2010 Professional of the Year for Employee Benefits Law
IRA Planning Under the Required Minimum Distribution Rules, Central New York Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance, November 22, 2019
Pension Protection Act and Withdrawal Liability, National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, September 2018
The Growing Employer Liabilities Associated with Participating in Collectively Bargained Multiemployer Pension Funds, Bond Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, January 2017
Bond's Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, Fall 2016
Multiemployer Pension Plans Strategy, Client Presentation, August 2016
The New Funding Rules Under the Pension Protection Act -- Hidden Employer Liabilities and Negotiation Strategies and Withdrawal Liability Under ERISA, Bond/Harbridge Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, June 2012
Financial Exposure Under the Pension Protection Act, FASB Disclosure Requirements and Withdrawal and Mass Withdrawal Liability Issues
Mass Withdrawal from Distressed Pension Plans, Iron Workers Attorneys Conference, April 2010
Pension Protection Act -- Collective Bargaining from the Employer's Standpoint, North American Iron Workers 2010 IMPACT Labor-Management Conference, February 2010
Marital Issues -- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, New York State Bar Association, September 2008
