Employee Benefits

Practicing employment law is incredibly rewarding because my work has a positive and direct impact on my clients’ every day lives. The laws and regulations are ever-changing and helping to keep my clients ahead of the curve is both challenging and fulfilling. I also love to advocate for justice and have found civil litigation to be a very compelling field.

I became a benefits attorney because I enjoy providing both employers and their employees practical and innovative solutions for noncash and deferred compensation options. The ever-changing tax and labor laws allow my approach to solutions to be constantly evolving and allow me to continually indulge my creativity.

It has long been my passion to help employers provide a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. I am very fortunate to be able to work in this field.

Supreme Court Justice Story famously stated that the law is a jealous mistress. Dealing with the nuances of language in both tax law and ERISA have proven to me that Justice Story’s view of the law, currently being questioned, is the correct one. The countervailing consideration is that time spent thinking about law and how best to craft language is always time well spent.

I have always been interested in tax law and public policy, and the field of ERISA and employee benefits law combines both. In fact, there are few facets of the social contract between employers, employees and the government that is not impacted by ERISA: supporting the middle class, providing and incentivizing appropriate health care programs for our changing demographics, providing fringe benefi

As an ERISA lawyer, I get to help employers comply with complicated rules to provide life-improving benefits for their employees.