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| Henry A. Smith, III |
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| Mr. Smith's practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation law, including all aspects of ERISA. He has extensive experience in designing, drafting and providing advice concerning all types of employee benefit and executive compensation programs, including tax-qualified and non-tax-qualified deferred compensation and retirement plans and all types of welfare benefit programs. Mr. Smith is a frequent speaker and panelist at educational programs in the employee benefits and executive compensation areas and is past Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association Tax Section and Employee Benefits Committee. Mr. Smith is resident in the Firm's Baltimore office. |
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| University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., with Honors, Order of the Coif); The Johns Hopkins University (M.L.A.); Frostburg State College (B.A., magna cum laude, with Honors in Political Science and Education). Member: Maryland and District of Columbia Bars, ABA Section of Taxation and Business Law Section Employee Benefits Committees. From 1998 – 2006, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Baltimore Law School Graduate Tax Program. From 1997 - 2000, author of COBRA Quarterly , COBRA Procedures Manual and HIPAA Quarterly . Co-Author of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Answer Book and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Answer Book Forms and Checklists . Contributing author of 403(b) Answer Book. |
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| Barry K. Downey |
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| Mr. Downey's practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation law. He has extensive experience in designing, drafting and providing advice concerning all types of employee benefit and executive compensation programs, including tax-qualified defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans and non-tax-qualified deferred compensation plans and all types of welfare benefit programs. Mr. Downey has considerable experience in negotiations with the IRS and DOL on behalf of clients undergoing audits by and inquiries from these agencies. Mr. Downey has considerable experience in the representation of government entity, church and church related clients in connection with all aspects of their ERISA-exempt tax-qualified and non-tax-qualified retirement programs and welfare benefit programs. Mr. Downey also has particular experience and expertise in the area of advising clients regarding the technical compliance of all types of employee benefit and executive compensation programs, and in the representation of employee benefit plan service providers (e.g., consulting firms, financial institutions and investment advisers) in connection with their services to their clients and with the development and implementation of prototype retirement plan products. Mr. Downey is resident in the Firm's Baltimore office. |
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| University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., with Honors); University of Maryland (B.S., cum laude). Member: Maryland and District of Columbia Bars; National Association of Public Pension Attorneys Federal Legislation and Employee Benefits Committees; former Chair, MSBA Tax Section Committee on Employee Benefits. Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Co-Author of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Answer Book and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Answer Book Forms and Checklists. |
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| Michael P. Connors |
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Mr. Connors' practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation law. Mr. Connors has particular expertise in the area of executive compensation and other deferred compensation strategies for both taxable and tax-exempt employers, in the area of advising employee benefit plan service providers (primarily investment advisors) regarding
ERISA's fiduciary and prohibited transaction rules, and in the areas of tax-qualified retirement plans, 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity plans, insurance product-based arrangements, flexible benefits plans and other employee welfare benefit plans. Mr. Connors has considerable experience in structuring executive compensation and employee benefit strategies in the
tax-exempt health care, educational, social service and credit union environments, and has significant expertise in the development of employee benefit and executive compensation plans in church and church related employer settings. Mr. Connors is resident in the Firm's New York office. |
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| Catholic University of America Law School (J.D., top 3%; Note and Comment Editor, Catholic University Law Review); Villanova University (B.A., cum laude). Member: Maryland and New York Bars. Co-Author of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Answer Book and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Answer Book Forms and Checklists. |
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| Douglas W. Desmarais |
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| Mr. Desmarais' practice deals with all aspects of labor and employer/employee relations, occupational safety and health matters and general litigation. He has extensive experience in representing clients before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, including claims involving sexual harassment and race, gender, religion, age and disability discrimination. He has represented clients before the National Labor Relations Board, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Commission, as well as numerous other governmental agencies. Mr. Desmarais' employment litigation experience includes representation of clients in numerous federal and state courts across the country. Mr. Desmarais also regularly counsels clients in all facets of employer/employee relations. Mr. Desmarais is resident in the Firm's Baltimore office. |
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| Georgetown University School of Law (LL.M., Labor Law); University of Maryland School of Law (J.D.); Brigham Young University (B.A.). Member: Maryland and District of Columbia bars; Former Chair, Sexual Harassment Subcommittee, Committee on Labor and Employment Litigation, ABA Section of Litigation. Editor and co-author of Model Jury Instructions for Employment Litigation. |
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| Kenneth B. Anker |
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| Mr. Anker's practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation law. He has extensive experience in advising clients on the tax and ERISA implications of a broad range of benefits-related matters, including in the development, documentation and operation of tax-qualified and non-tax-qualified deferred compensation and retirement plans of all types, welfare and flexible benefits programs and executive and broad-based equity-oriented and performance-oriented incentive arrangements. Mr. Anker has significant expertise in tailoring executive compensation programs to meet critical objectives, and has considerable experience in analyzing and structuring insurance product-based compensation strategies. In addition, Mr. Anker regularly counsels clients on the tax implications of a broad range of corporate and individual transactional, compliance and planning matters. Mr. Anker is resident in the Firm's New York office. |
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| New York University School of Law (LL.M., Tax Law); George Washington University School of Law (J.D., with Honors); State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S., magna cum laude). Member: New York Bar. Admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court. |
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| Nicolle Zeman |
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| Ms. Zeman's practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits law, including all aspects of ERISA. Ms. Zeman has particular experience in the areas of 401(k) and other tax-qualified retirement plans, 457(b) eligible deferred compensation plans, 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity plans, flexible benefits plans and other employee welfare benefit plans (including HRAs and other consumer-driven health plans and adoption assistance programs). Ms. Zeman also dedicates considerable time to the Firm's church, church-related, health care and other tax-exempt clients. Ms. Zeman is resident in the Firm's New York office. |
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| Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., with distinction; Hofstra Law Review); Hofstra University (B.S., summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa). Member: New York Bar. Contributing author of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Answer Book. |
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| James M. Winn, Jr. |
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| Mr. Winn's practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits law, including all aspects of ERISA. Mr. Winn is resident in the Firm's Washington, D.C. office. |
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| Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Taxation; Certificate in Employee Benefits Law); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., with high honors, Dean's Scholar, Member, George Mason University Law Review); Georgia State University (B.S.). Member: Virginia Bar. |
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| Linda McGill Miller |
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| Ms. Miller's practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits law, including all aspects of ERISA. Ms. Miller has extensive experience in designing, drafting and providing advice concerning all types of employee benefit and executive compensation programs, and represents clients of all sizes in all major industry groups. Ms. Miller is resident in the Firm's Baltimore Office. |
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| Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude; Editor, American Criminal Law Review); College of Notre Dame of Maryland (B.A.). Member: Maryland Bar; MSBA Tax Section Committee on Employee Benefits. |
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| Maryanne Dubbs |
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| Ms. Dubbs' practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits law, including all aspects of ERISA. Ms. Dubbs has extensive experience in the design, implementation, administration and termination of tax-qualified retirement plans, 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership plans, tax-sheltered annuities, plans of government entities, and other similar arrangements. Ms. Dubbs has particular expertise concerning the tax aspects of employee benefit plans and representing clients before the IRS. Ms. Dubbs is resident in the Firm's Baltimore office. |
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| University of Baltimore School of Law (LL.M., Tax Law); University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., with Honors, Order of the Coif); Shippensburg University (M.B.A., M. Ed.); University of Pittsburgh (B.S., summa cum laude). Member: Maryland and District of Columbia Bars; Past President WEB, Inc. Baltimore chapter; American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries. |
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| Cheryl Fridkin Kitt |
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| Ms. Kitt's practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits law, including all aspects of ERISA. Ms. Kitt has extensive experience in the design, implementation and operation of compensation and benefit plans and arrangements, with goals to ensure tax efficiency and compliance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA and other applicable laws. Ms. Kitt is resident in the Firm's Baltimore office. |
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| Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, Journal of Law and Technology); University of Maryland (B.A.). Member: Maryland Bar. |
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| Katherine Reihing Gruner |
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| Ms. Gruner's practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits law, including all aspects of ERISA. Ms. Gruner is resident in the Firm's New York office. |
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| Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., with distinction); Hofstra University (B.A., cum laude). Member: New York Bar. |
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| Susan Stafford Risinger |
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| Ms. Risinger's practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits law,
including all aspects of ERISA. Ms. Risinger is resident in the Firm's
Baltimore office. |
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| University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., with Honors); Frostburg State
University (B.S., summa cum laude). Member: Maryland and District of
Columbia bars. |
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| Scott C. Moeves |
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| Mr. Moeves's practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits law, including all aspects of ERISA. Mr. Moeves is resident in the Firm's Baltimore office. |
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| William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law (J.D., Order of the Coif); Thomas More College (B.A., summa cum laude). Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Baltimore Law School Graduate Tax Program. Member: Maryland bar. |
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| Sandi M. Russell |
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| Ms. Russell's practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits law, including all aspects of ERISA. Ms. Russell is resident in the Firm's Baltimore office. |
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| University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law (J.D. with High Honors, Order of the Coif, Member, Journal of Law and Public Policy); University of South Florida (B.A., magna cum laude). Member: Florida bar. |
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| Donna F. Triscoli |
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| Ms. Triscoli’s practice deals with all aspects of employee benefits law, including all aspects of ERISA. Ms. Triscoli is resident in the Firm’s Baltimore office. |
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| University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., with Honors); Denison University (B.A., magna cum laude; member Phi Beta Kappa). Member: Maryland Bar. |
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| Kerstin M. Miller |
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| Ms. Miller's practice deals with all aspects of labor and employment law. Ms. Miller is resident in the Firm's Baltimore
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| University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., with Honors, Order of
the Coif); The College of William and Mary (B.A., summa cum laude).
Member: Maryland bar. |
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| One W. Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 950, Baltimore, Maryland 21204 Tel: 410-321-9000 Fax: 410-321-6270 |
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| New York |
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| 145 Pinelawn Road, LL 150 South, Melville, New York 11747 Tel: 631-755-0100 Fax: 631-755-0110 |
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| Washington, D.C. |
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| 1217 Staples Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 Tel: 202-462-5300 Fax: 202-462-2400 |
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