Stephen I. Jurmu

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Employee Benefits Law:
  Advising clients regarding tax, labor law,
  litigation matters r elating to employee benefit plans
  Advising clients that are subject to ERISA, as well as clients such as state
  local governments
  qualifying church organizations that are exempt from ERISA
  Assisting with the design of benefit plans
  drafting documents that implement each design, including employee disclosure materials
  Helping employers to ensure that their programs comply with changes in relevant tax
  labor law, including ERISA
  other laws
  Assisting employers with IRS
  U.S. Department of Labor audits
  Negotiating closing agreements
  private letter rulings with the Internal Revenue Service
  Advising clients in prohibited transaction
  other special legal problems
  Advising employers regarding the corporate governance
  fiduciary duty aspects of implementing
  administering an employee benefit plan
  Counseling clients in the growing area of international employee benefit planning, including the taxation of employee benefits pursuant to tax treaties
  Federal Tax Law:
  Advising taxable
  tax-exempt non-governmental employers
  governmental employers regarding federal tax law implications of various kinds of deferred compensation
  welfare benefit arrangements.
  Corporate Law:
  Advising clients regarding choice of entity, including entity issues relating to state nonprofit law
  federal tax-exempt status,
  related corporate governance issues.