Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Tax/Employment & Benefits

Amy Sheridan, a member of the firm's Management Committee, concentrates her practice in the employee benefits and executive compensation area and is experienced in designing, structuring and addressing documentation and compliance issues for compensation and benefit arrangements. She has broad expertise with regulatory and tax requirements related to welfare plans (including the Affordable Care Act and HIPAA privacy and security requirements), qualified and nonqualified retirement plans and IRAs. A lecturer on Executive Compensation at Boston University Law School's Graduate Tax Program, Amy designs and reviews nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements and is noted for her skill and deep knowledge of Internal Revenue Code Sections 409A, 457(f) and 457A and tax rules related to equity arrangements. She has been recognized for her work in structuring novel and creative deferred compensation, bonus and phantom equity arrangements and is a thought-leader on post-Dobbs legal developments and their impact on employee benefit plan arrangements.

Amy has worked with clients in the financial technology and blockchain, life sciences, healthcare, real estate, professional services, education, financial services, hotel and hospitality, esports and gaming, media and not-for-profit sectors and regularly advises domestic and multinational companies ranging from start-ups to public companies.

Amy was selected to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2024 “Top Women of Law.” In 2022, Amy was chosen by the National Law Journal as an Employment Law Trailblazer. She has been ranked by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America® and The Legal 500 U.S.

Bar & Court Admissions

Massachusetts U.S. Tax Court

Boston Bar Association, Tax Committee, At-Large Member Boston Bar Association, ERISA Committee, Former Co-Chair Lecturer, Boston University School of Law, Graduate Tax Program Women's Network Advisory Board, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, former member Boston Compensation Advisory Board, former member American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries - New England Benefits Council, Former Programming Chair Women's Leadership Program, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce

Boston University School of Law (LL.M.) Taxation Harvard Law School (J.D.) Wellesley College (B.A., magna cum laude)