
Widely regarded as a leader in the employee benefits and executive compensation field, the practice at Groom Law Group, Chartered marshals its unique knowledge and expertise as a few boutique firm in the area to provide major clients with a holistic service regarding benefit, compensation, health and welfare, pension and retirement plan design and compliance. A thought-leader in the field, the department is led on the employers side by David Levine, who assists in design and redesign of the most complex benefit and compensation plans, and by Malcolm Slee, an expert in ERISA and regulatory compliance, and they are joined by benefit plan tax expert Louis Mazawey. The health service side is led by the highly valued Lisa Campbell and Seth Perretta, and can boast the talents and experience of Jon Breyfogle, valued by health insurers and major financial firms alike for his expertise in ACA regulation, and Kathryn Bjornstad Amin, whose leads in health and welfare plan design and administration. All attorneys are based in Washington DC.
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Key clients
- Acquisition of Leading Industrial Company Led by Top Tier Private Equity Fund
- Design of Defined Contribution Products Using Alternative Investments
- Restructuring of Overfunded Health Care Funds for Large Corporations
- Major Defense Contractor
- Compliance Review of Health and Retirement Plans for Very Large Governmental Entity
- Negotiation of 401(k) Services Agreement for Fortune 25 Company
- B. Braun Medical Inc.
- DOL Investigations (Retirement)
- Milliman
- Trademark License and Exclusivity Deal
Lawyers
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Kathryn Bjornstad Amin
Practice head
David Levine; Malcolm Slee; Lisa Campbell; Seth Perretta
Other key lawyers
Jon Breyfogle; Louis Mazawey; Kathryn Bjornstad Amin