About Us
ML BeneBits is a comprehensive blog that covers the waterfront of topics related to employee benefits and executive compensation—from plan design, qualification, and documentation matters to fiduciary questions, ERISA Title I investment issues, payroll tax, fringe benefits issues, executive compensation trends, and health and welfare benefits compliance. We also discuss the unique challenges that multiemployer plans and their contributing employers, tax-exempt entities, and governmental employers face. Our authors cover key regulatory, legal, and legislative developments in the areas of employee benefits and executive compensation and come primarily from our employee benefits and executive compensation practice as well as from other practice areas.
Contributors
Robert L. Abramowitz
Senior Consultant
Philadelphia +1.215.963.4811
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Executive Compensation; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; Cybersecurity, Incident Response & Privacy; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Healthcare & Life Sciences Litigation; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Craig A. Bitman
Partner
New York +1.212.309.7190
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Multiemployer Plans; Capital Markets & Public Companies; Investment Management; Private Equity; Healthcare & Life Sciences Litigation; Institutional Investors; ESG & Sustainability Advisory; Secondary Transactions; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Summer M. Blackburn
Senior Client Employee Benefit Advisor
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5548
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Multiemployer Plans; ; ; Labor & Employment
Claire E. Bouffard
Of Counsel
Pittsburgh +1.412.560.7421
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; ; ; Labor & Employment
Samuel P. Bryant
Associate
Philadelphia +1.215.963.4657
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Executive Compensation; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Investment Management; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Capital Markets & Public Companies; Executive & Management Team Representation; ; ; ; Labor & Employment;
Carley Clark
Of Counsel
Princeton +1.609.919.6708
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Executive Compensation; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ; ; Labor & Employment
Althea R. Day
Partner
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5366
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Multiemployer Plans; Executive Compensation; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; Mergers & Acquisitions; Healthcare & Life Sciences Litigation; Healthcare Transactions; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Leslie E. DuPuy
Of Counsel
San Francisco +1.415.442.1247
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; Employment Counseling; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Mergers & Acquisitions; ; ; Labor & Employment; ;
Saghi Fattahian
Partner
Chicago +1.312.324.1744
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ; Cybersecurity, Incident Response & Privacy; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; Mergers & Acquisitions; Healthcare & Life Sciences Litigation; Healthcare Transactions; ; Labor & Employment
Allison J. Fepelstein
Of Counsel
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5667
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; Multiemployer Plans; ; ; Labor & Employment
John G. Ferreira
Partner
Pittsburgh +1.412.560.3350
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Executive Compensation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation; ; ; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Elizabeth S. Goldberg
Partner
Pittsburgh +1.412.560.7428
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ESG & Sustainability Advisory; ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation; Business and Human Rights Law; Global ESG Reporting Regulations; Climate; Organizational Culture: Change & Compliance; Government Solutions; ; ; ; ; Labor & Employment; ;
Lindsay M. Goodman
Partner
Chicago +1.312.324.1176
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; Multiemployer Plans; ; ; Labor & Employment
Michael Gorman
Partner
Pittsburgh +1.412.560.7476
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation; Multiemployer Plans; ; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Matthew H. Hawes
Partner
Pittsburgh +1.412.560.7740
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Executive Compensation; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Mergers & Acquisitions; Government Solutions; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Amy Pocino Kelly
Partner
Philadelphia +1.215.963.5042
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Multiemployer Plans; Executive Compensation; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Capital Markets & Public Companies; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Marla J. Kreindler
Partner
Chicago +1.312.324.1114
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Capital Markets & Public Companies; Investment Management; Private Equity; Institutional Investors; ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation; ; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Gina L. Lauriero
Partner
New York +1.212.309.7103
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Executive Compensation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Capital Markets & Public Companies; Executive & Management Team Representation; ; ; Labor & Employment;
William J. Marx
Associate
Philadelphia +1.215.963.1744
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Multiemployer Plans; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Randall C. McGeorge
Partner
Pittsburgh +1.412.560.7410
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Executive Compensation; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Multiemployer Plans; Mergers & Acquisitions; ; ; Labor & Employment
Gregory L. Needles
Partner
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5448
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Tax; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; Healthcare & Life Sciences Litigation; Institutional Investors; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Anna M. Pomykala
Associate
New York +1.212.309.6731
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Labor & Employment
Erin Randolph-Williams
Partner
Philadelphia +1.215.963.5982
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Executive Compensation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Executive & Management Team Representation; Global Capability Centers; ; Labor & Employment;
Patrick Rehfield
Partner
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5640
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Employee Stock Ownership Plans; Benefits & Payroll Tax; Executive Compensation; Tax; Private Equity; Capital Markets & Public Companies; Mergers & Acquisitions; Healthcare & Life Sciences Litigation; Healthcare Transactions; Executive & Management Team Representation; ; ; Labor & Employment;
Michael B. Richman
Partner
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5036
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Investment Management; Institutional Investors; ; Labor & Employment
Jared W. Rogers
Senior Client Employee Benefits Consultant
Philadelphia +1.215.963.5102
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ; Labor & Employment
Gary S. Rothstein
Partner
New York +1.212.309.6360
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Executive Compensation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Capital Markets & Public Companies; Executive & Management Team Representation; ; Labor & Employment;
Mark J. Simons
Of Counsel
Philadelphia +1.215.963.5992
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ; Labor & Employment
Julie K. Stapel
Partner
San Francisco +1.415.442.1443
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Investment Management; Private Equity; Capital Markets & Public Companies; Institutional Investors; ESG & Sustainability Advisory; ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation; ; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
R. Randall Tracht
Partner
Pittsburgh +1.412.560.3352
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Workforce Change; Cybersecurity, Incident Response & Privacy; ; ; Labor & Employment; ;
Linda A. Way-Smith
Of Counsel
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5770
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Multiemployer Plans; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; ; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Mims Maynard Zabriskie
Senior Consultant
Philadelphia +1.215.963.5036
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Executive Compensation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Executive & Management Team Representation; ; ; Labor & Employment;
David B. Zelikoff
Partner
Philadelphia +1.215.963.5360
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Executive Compensation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Capital Markets & Public Companies; Executive & Management Team Representation; ; ; ; Labor & Employment;
Jonathan Zimmerman
Partner
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5212
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Executive Compensation; Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; Healthcare & Life Sciences Litigation; Benefits & Payroll Tax; ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation; ; ; ; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Guest Bloggers
Jeremy P. Blumenfeld
Partner
Philadelphia +1.215.963.5258
New York +1.212.309.6958
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation; Healthcare & Life Sciences Litigation; ; ; Labor & Employment
Michael S. Burkhardt
Partner
Philadelphia +1.215.963.5130
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Systemic Employment Litigation; Employment Counseling; Trade Secrets, Proprietary Information & Noncompetition/Nondisclosure Agreements; Whistleblowing & Retaliation; Organizational Culture: Change & Compliance; Global Pay Equity; ; ; ; Labor & Employment; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Melissa D. Hill
Partner
New York +1.212.309.6318
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation; Wage and Hour Litigation & Counseling; Individual Employee Litigation & Arbitration; ESG & Sustainability Advisory; Multiemployer Plans; ; ; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Lindsay B. Jackson
Partner
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5120
Investment Management; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Broker-Dealer Regulation & Compliance; Multiemployer Plans; Secondary Transactions; ;
James T. Kimble
Partner
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5363
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Multiemployer Plans; Retirement Plan Design & Administration; ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation; ; ; ; ; Labor & Employment
Daniel R. Kleinman
Partner
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5143
Capital Markets & Public Companies; Mergers & Acquisitions; Investment Management; Private Equity; ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation; ERISA Fiduciary Duty; Broker-Dealer Regulation & Compliance; Multiemployer Plans; Secondary Transactions; ; ; ;
Jason J. Ranjo
Of Counsel
Princeton +1.609.919.6669
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Individual Employee Litigation & Arbitration; Trade Secrets, Proprietary Information & Noncompetition/Nondisclosure Agreements; Government Solutions; ; Labor & Employment; ; ; ; ;
Matthew A. Russell
Partner
Chicago +1.312.324.1771
Labor, Employment & Benefits; ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation; ; ; Labor & Employment
Brian W. Shaffer
Partner
Philadelphia +1.215.963.5103
Appellate; Global Class & Group Actions; Business Disputes; Energy Litigation; Government Contracts; Intellectual Property Litigation; International Arbitration; Product Liability & Mass Torts; Trademark, Copyright, Advertising Litigation & Brand Management; Trade Secrets, Proprietary Information & Noncompetition/Nondisclosure Agreements; White Collar Litigation & Government Investigations; Healthcare & Life Sciences Litigation; Consumer Protection Defense; State Attorneys General; False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation; ; ; ; ;
Michelle Seldin Silverman
Partner
Princeton +1.609.919.6660
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Individual Employee Litigation & Arbitration; Systemic Employment Litigation; Employment Counseling; US Labor/Management Relations; ; ; ; ; Labor & Employment; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Grace E. Speights
Partner
Washington, DC +1.202.739.5189
Labor, Employment & Benefits; Systemic Employment Litigation; Employment Counseling; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture: Change & Compliance; Global Class & Group Actions; Workplace Harassment Crisis Capabilities; ; ; ; Labor & Employment; ; ;