Julia Ann Love > Thompson Hine LLP > Cleveland, United States > Lawyer Profile

Thompson Hine LLP
3900 KEY CENTER, 127 PUBLIC SQUARE
CLEVELAND, OH 44114-1291
OHIO
United States

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

Thompson Hine LLP’s ‘tremendous’ and ‘extremely responsive’ team advises a number of Fortune 1000 companies, alongside clients in the financial services and utilities sectors, many of whom have a national and global footprint. The team is led by Cleveland’s Julia Ann Love, who has particular expertise of group health plan rules and regulations. Kim Wilcoxon is also experienced in handling healthcare matters, while Laura Ryan advises on all aspects of compliance related to their retirement, health and welfare, and compensation programs. Tim Brown is capable of handling a variety of plans, such as health and welfare plans, whereas Shane Starkey primarily focuses on executive compensation matters. These attorneys are all active in the firm’s Cincinnati office. Washington DC’s Dominic DeMatties focuses on retirement plans.