Cases
Representative Experience Representative Engagements Assisted a publicly held utility with the sale of a significant division, the realigning of its benefit programs,
the revision of all of its benefit plans to comply with Section 409A Assisted a large national construction company with the realignment of its executive compensation programs to comply with Section 409A
split-dollar insurance requirements Assisted another publicly held utility with the revision of its executive compensation programs
the preparation of a new CEO employment agreement Assisted a Fortune 500 company with the revision of all of its executive compensation programs, including the revision of all of its executive employment agreements Assisted a large, diversified oil company with its qualified retirement programs Assisted a publicly held automotive industry manufacturer with its executive compensation arrangements
qualified retirement programs Assisted a nationally recognized insurance-based consulting company in connection with the design
implementation of its executive compensation programs Assisted a regional hospital with all of its benefit needs, including the revamping of its benefit programs to comply with Section 409A, the revision of its retirement program to comply with new IRS regulations,
the preparation of the employment agreements for its departing
new CEOs Assisted numerous publicly held
privately held employers in the negotiation
documentation of senior level executive separations Assisted publicly held companies with the preparation of the CD&A portion of annual proxy statements Representative Presentations & Publications Deferred Compensation Arrangements- A Primer for Corporate Counsel, Author (2013) Plan Expenses, Investment Advice, Target Date Funds
Other Important Fiduciary Issues - How Does Your Plan Stack Up? Speaker, Western Pension & Benefits Conference (May 2011) Managing A Company Stock Fund - When Must A Fiduciary Sell Company Stock? Presenter, Snell & Wilmer Corporate Counsel Forum (October 2010) Investment Advice - The Proposed Regulations
Other Alternatives, Western Pension
Benefits Conference Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California (July 2010) Executive Compensation Update, Snell & Wilmer Mid-Year Update (June 2009) The Impact of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 on Executive Compensation Policies
Practices, Special Meeting, American Corporate Counsel Association, Arizona Chapter (November 2008) Managing Fiduciary Risk - A Practical Guide for 401(k) Plan Fiduciaries, Western Pension
Benefits Conference, Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington (July 2008) Managing Fiduciary Risk - A Practical Guide for 401(k) Plan Fiduciaries, ALI-ABA Video Law Review (June 2008) Planning to Comply - Developing an Effective Plan Governance Structure, National Accounting & Finance Council, American Trucking Association (March 2008) The New Rules for Deferred Compensation - A Compliance Strategy for Corporate Counsel, Snell & Wilmer Corporate Counsel Forum (August 2007) Selected Fiduciary Issues, ALI-ABA Video Law Review (June 2007) Dodging Bullets - Avoiding Fiduciary Liability, Western Pension
Benefits Conference Orange County, California Chapter (April 2007) Reexamining Moench - When Must A Fiduciary Sell Employer Stock? New York University Review of Employee Benefits
Executive Compensation (2007) Section 409A, Scope
Coverage, American Corporate Counsel Association, Arizona Chapter (March 2006) When Must A Fiduciary Sell Employer Stock, ALI-ABA Video Law Review (June 2006) ERISA
the 401(k) Plan Fiduciary, ALI-ABA Video Law Review (June 2006) Managing Fiduciary Risk, Western Pension
Benefits Conference, Orange County, California Chapter (2006) Recurring Fiduciary Issues Affecting 401(k) Plans, American Society of Pension Professionals, Denver, Colorado (September 2005) Selected Ethical Issues for the Benefits Lawyer, ALI-ABA, Representing the Professional
Closely Held Business (February 2004) Plan Governance - Developing a Plan Governance Structure, Western Pension
Benefits Conference, Phoenix Chapter (March 2003) Benefit Plans
Deals: Applying ERISA's Fiduciary St
ards to Business Combinations, ABA National Institute on Employee Benefits Issues in Mergers & Acquisitions (April 2001) Applying ERISA's Fiduciary St
ards to Cash Balance Conversions, ALI ABA Video Law Review (June 2000) Applying ERISA's Fiduciary St
ards to 401(k) Plans, ALI-ABA Video Law Review (June 1999) Applying ERISA's Fiduciary St
ards to ESOPs, ALI-ABA Video Law Review (June 1998) 'Open Option' Plans - The Ultimate in Participant Investment Flexibility, ALI-ABA Video Law Review (May 1997)
