Julia Ann Love > Thompson Hine LLP > Cleveland, United States > Lawyer Profile
Thompson Hine LLP Offices
3900 KEY CENTER, 127 PUBLIC SQUARE
CLEVELAND, OH 44114-1291
OHIO
United States
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Julia Ann Love
Work Department
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Position
Julia leads the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation practice and has almost 30 years’ experience counseling businesses on employee benefits and executive compensation issues, including ERISA compliance, defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans, health and welfare plans, executive employment agreements and non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements. She has significant experience advising on defined benefit pension plan de-risking transactions, employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions, Affordable Care Act compliance, and issues relating to multiple and multiemployer pension and health and welfare plans. Julia was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel in 2016.
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1994, cum laude
- Boston University, B.A., 1991, magna cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
The ‘very capable’ employee benefits and executive compensation team at Thompson Hine LLP advises large corporate clients on compliance, integration, and redesign . Cleveland-based Julia Ann Love heads the practice, with a strong record in helping clients navigate ‘the legislative minefield’ of various healthcare mandates, including the recent SECURE 2.0 Act. Laura Ryan, ‘extremely knowledgeable about US benefits and 401(k) plans’, is a key name, while Kim Wilcoxon and Timothy Brown are well-versed in the benefits plan space. Shane Starkey is adept at advising clients on defined pension plans, defined contribution plans, and health and welfare plans. Washington DC-based Dominic DeMatties focuses on 401(k) plans and ERISA matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Government > Government contracts
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport