Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C. attorneys in the Employee Benefits practice area advise clients on the design, implementation, and administration of employee welfare plans governed by ERISA, including self funded and insured health and dental plans, cafeteria plans, short term disability plans, dependent care plans, and severance plans and programs. The firm advises clients with respect to compliance with COBRA, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and other federal and state laws affecting employee benefit plans. In addition to welfare plans, the firm assists employers with design, compliance and qualification issues relating to qualified retirement plans, including 401(k) plans, Simple plans, 403(b) plans and 457(b) plans. Attorneys in this area work with employer sponsors on plan correction issues under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System of the Internal Revenue Service, including filings under the Voluntary Correction Program (VCP). The firm also advises clients with Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), including plan document preparation, qualification and compliance. The firm provides assistance with the development of nonqualified executive compensation plans and programs, including SERPS, nonqualified stock options, phantom stock plans, SARs, wrap around plans and other deferred compensation plans. The firm advises clients on compliance issues with regard to these plans, including top hat filings, potential ERISA issues and IRC Section 409A. The firm regularly represents employers, plan sponsors, benefit committees, and other employee benefit plan fiduciaries with respect to disputed claims for benefits under employee pension and welfare plans covered by ERISA, both in administrative proceedings and in lawsuits in federal and state courts. The firm also represents employees seeking to obtain benefits under ERISA plans which may have been wrongfully denied or withheld. |
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