Thompson Hine LLP‘s employee benefit and executive compensation practice is led from Cleveland by Julia Ann Love, who provides counsel for public and private companies alike on benefit, health and welfare, and compensation plans, and is considered leading legal expert on group health plan rules and regulations. In the Cincinnati office are Timothy Brown, who represents large employers on a wide array of plan issues as well as fiduciary compliance, David Whaley, who specialises in all forms employee benefit plan design, and healthcare plan specialist Kim Wilcoxon. They are joined from Washington DC by Katie Kohn, who specializes in plan design advice amid corporate transactions and bankruptcies.
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‘The Thompson Hine team we work with are terrific listeners. They help us better understand federal and state issues that apply to our business questions. The knowledge in data and employee benefits is valuable to our business.’
‘Julia Ann Love is professional and she invests time to build a personal connection. The timeliness of completing projects is appreciated and the ability to help solve business challenges we present to her is highly valued. ’
'Not only do they have great knowledge and expertise, but their responsiveness is a significant benefit'
'Thompson Hine has a deep bench of experts'
Key clients
- Cardinal Health
- McDonald’s Corporation
- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
- KeyBank
- Kelly Services
- US Foods
- UPS
- Delta Air Lines
- Chick-fil-A
- Nordstrom
Work highlights
- Advised the Owens Corning fiduciary responsible for selecting the safest available annuity provider to derisk an Owens Corning defined benefit pension plan via the purchase of an annuity in the amount of more than $233 million.
- Obtained ground-breaking Advisory Opinion for Citibank in which the Department of Labor answered, favorably, critical ERISA compliance questions regarding Citibank’s diverse investment manager program.
- Counseling Delta Air Lines on plan governance, fiduciary process along with other benefit issues
Lawyers
Practice head
Julia Ann Love
Other key lawyers
Timothy Brown; David Whaley; Kim Wilcoxon; Katie Kohn