Employee Benefits / ERISA

For businesses seeking to attract and retain key employees, employee benefit plans must be competitive and may just be the tipping point during the hiring process.

UB Greensfelder’s Employee Benefits Practice Group helps clients design, implement, and maintain various types of benefits plans and executive compensation programs. We work with a range of employers – from small businesses to large corporations, taxable and tax-exempt organizations. Clients rely on our extensive experience in all aspects of employee benefits and ERISA matters, as well as our ability to communicate complex employee benefits issues and solutions in an understandable and actionable fashion.

How We Help

Our attorneys can help your business or organization design, implement, and modify a variety of employee benefit and compensation plans, including:

  • Qualified retirement plans
  • Non-qualified deferred compensation plans
  • Health and welfare benefit plans
  • Executive compensation programs
  • Equity-based compensation programs – stock options, phantom stock plans
  • Executive welfare benefits plans

Why Clients Choose UB Greensfelder

We help clients achieve their business objectives relating to employee benefits in a legally compliant manner. We provide guidance and support as clients work to maintain plan compliance while administering their benefits plans. If clients face an audit or litigation, we are strong advocates. We have experience in resolving compliance issues with the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor and have successfully represented clients in civil litigation involving these same agencies and other civil litigants.

Employee Benefits / ERISA

Portrait of Douglas S. Neville
Douglas S. Neville
Partner | Co-Group Leader, Tax
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Patricia A. Shlonsky
Partner | Partner-in-Charge, Cleveland