Jason P. Faust > Vedder Price > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Vedder Price Offices
222 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2600
CHICAGO, IL 60601-1003
ILLINOIS
United States
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Jason P. Faust
Work Department
Labor & Employment - Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits
Position
Associate
Career
Mr. Faust focuses his practice on providing strategic counsel to a variety of clients regarding employee benefits and executive compensation matters.
Mr. Faust’s extensive employee benefits and compensation experience includes advising clients in relation to:
- Qualified defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans, including 401(k) and 403(b) plans
- Health and welfare plans, including Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act compliance
- Nonqualified deferred compensation plans
- Multiemployer pension and health and welfare plans
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and Internal Revenue Code compliance
- Employee benefits issues in the context of mergers and acquisitions
In addition to his wide-ranging experience, clients also benefit from Mr. Faust’s unique background and perspective on employee benefits. Prior to entering private practice, he served as in-house counsel for one of the nation’s largest Taft-Hartley defined benefit pension plans, as a compliance associate for a benefits, compensation, and human resources consulting firm, and as an extern with the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Benefits Tax Counsel.
Education
- Marquette University, B.A., 2005
- The John Marshall Law School, J.D., 2012, cum laude
- The John Marshall Law School, LL.M., 2015, with honors
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense