John is an employee benefits attorney who understands the needs of employers in this complex area of the law. He focuses on providing practical legal advice that helps clients achieve their goals in the most cost-efficient manner possible.
John works with a wide range of employers, including public and private employers, non-profit organizations and higher education institutions. As benefits counsel, he works collaboratively with human resource professionals, finance managers and retirement plan committee members to provide timely, sensible, and prudent solutions to their benefit problems.
John is an employee benefits attorney who understands the needs of employers in this complex area of the law. He focuses on providing practical legal advice that helps clients achieve their goals in the most cost-efficient manner possible.
John works with a wide range of employers, including public and private employers, non-profit organizations and higher education institutions. As benefits counsel, he works collaboratively with human resource professionals, finance managers and retirement plan committee members to provide timely, sensible, and prudent solutions to their benefit problems.
John’s experience with retirement plans includes:
- Counseling retirement plan committee members regarding ERISA fiduciary obligations
- Assisting plan sponsors with IRS and DOL audits
- Achieving cost-saving results for plan sponsors under IRS and DOL correction programs
- Advising clients with respect to the design, implementation and termination of qualified retirement plans, including 401(k) plans, profit sharing, and defined benefit plans
- Tax-sheltered annuity (403(b)) plans
- Executive compensation and non-qualified deferred compensation plans
John’s experience with welfare benefit plans includes:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance, including compliance with the employer shared responsibility requirements of the ACA
- Self-insured medical plans
- Defined contribution health arrangements, including: health savings accounts (“HSAs”); health reimbursement arrangements (“HRAs”); and health flexible spending accounts (“Health FSAs”).
- COBRA compliance
- HIPAA compliance
- Cafeteria plans
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