Services ERISA & Employee Benefits

Kean Miller assists clients in the development, design, and implementation of employee benefit plans, and in the administrative compliance for those plans. We provide employers with innovative and practical advice with respect to Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) issues, qualified plans, plan reporting, fiduciary compliance, and negotiations with and approvals from the Internal Revenue Service. We frequently assist with plan administration, maintenance, termination, and associated fiduciary duties as well as required reporting and disclosures to participants.

Kean Miller has in-depth experience helping publicly traded and privately held companies, governmental employers, and non-profits navigate pension, profit sharing, and health and welfare plans, employee stock ownership plans, deferred compensation arrangements, executive employment agreements and stock option contracts, 403(b) plans, and 457 plans.

We also represent clients who are examined by the IRS and/or Department of Labor and advise on Internal Revenue Code compliance issues and ERISA challenges. We have has helped clients obtain favorable determination letters for their plans, and have obtained favorable resolution of plan compliance problems, including voluntary corrections and relief from penalties and excise taxes.