Branton & Wilson offers years of experience in
providing advice and support services to its clients
concerning all facets of employee benefits, including
qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans,
cafeteria/flexible benefit plans, and nonqualified
deferred compensation plans. Specifically, our
employee benefits practice includes designing,
drafting and indexing:

• Qualified retirement plans, including profit sharing plans,
   401(k) plans, money purchase pension plans, and defined
   benefit plans

• Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)

• Nonqualified deferred compensation plans, including
   stock-based incentive compensation plans, rabbi trusts,
   and supplemental retirement arrangements

• 403(b) and 457 plans for tax-exempt and
   governmental agencies

• Health and welfare benefit plans, including medical,
   dental, life insurance, cafeteria, and severance plans,
   and VEBA trusts

Our employee benefits attorneys are also well
experienced with:

• Fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA, including
   prohibited transactions and available exemptions,
   plan assets, and fiduciary standards of conduct

• Plan terminations and distributions

• Day-to-day administration, including plan
   administration and testing

• Plan audits by the Internal Revenue Service and/or
   Department of Labor

• Correcting plan defects, including the use of
   IRS compliance programs

• QDRO, COBRA, FMLA, HIPAA, and IRAs

Beginning with design and implementation, and continuing
through the life of the plan, our employee benefits attorneys
work actively to find and administer solutions to meet the
unique needs of each client.

Attorneys specializing in this practice group:

Lawrence S. Branton
Email: LBranton@BrantonWilson.com
Peta Lewis Hallisey
Email: PLHallisey@BrantonWilson.com
Brian M. Katusian
Email: BKatusian@BrantonWilson.com