Patti J. Hedgpeth

Associate

Patti J. Hedgpeth is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice. Ms. Hedgpeth focuses her practice on all aspects of the firm's employee benefits practice, including the design, implementation, and operation of tax-qualified retirement plans, employee stock ownership plans, nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, and health and welfare benefit plans; regulatory compliance with the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA, COBRA, and HIPAA; employee benefits issues arising in the context of mergers and acquisitions; and plan correction through various benefit plan correction programs.

Ms. Hedgpeth earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1998. Prior to law school, she worked with two of the "Big 5" accounting firms and was also the controller of a multidivisional corporation. She earned her B.S., summa cum laude, from San Diego State University in 1983.

Ms. Hedgpeth is admitted to practice in Texas.