Employee Benefits and Compensation

Knowledgeable Employee Benefits Law and Compensation Lawyers

Stark Reagan’s employee benefits law attorneys work closely with our diverse business cliental – from private start-up companies and family-owned businesses to publicly-held multinational corporations – to service their varying legal needs with respect to employee benefits and compensation issues. We also represent financial institutions, mutual fund companies, and investment managers in connection with their provision of employee benefit and compensation related-services to their own clients, and all types of employer / plan sponsors, including tax-exempt and governmental entities and jointly trusted pension and welfare funds.

The law firm of Stark Reagan was founded in 1973, and today has grown to serve business clients of all sizes—throughout Michigan from Detroit to Traverse City, throughout the U.S., and internationally. Our employee benefits law attorneys are dedicated to offering a great value for the money.

Our employee benefits lawyers have broad experience, including:

Traditional

• Fiduciary counseling
• Benefit plan design, implementation, ongoing administration and termination
• Dispute resolution, including arbitration, facilitation, litigation, and mediation
• Department of Labor audits, compliance, dispute resolution and investigations
• ERISA, including compliance, prohibited transactions, and fiduciary responsibility
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits, compliance, dispute resolution and investigations
• Benefit plan issues arising in transactions, such as borrowing, leveraged buy-outs, asset sales, mergers, spin-offs, liquidations and reorganizations

Non-Qualified Custom Designed Deferred Compensation and Incentive Pay Programs

• Stock options
• Retirement plans
• Excess benefit plans
• Severance agreements/pay plans
• Rabbi and secular trusts
• Deferred compensation plans
• Executive compensation plans
• Long-term incentive plans (LTIPs)
• Employee stock purchase agreements
• Phantom and performance share plans
• Supplemental executive retirement plans (SERPs)
• Custom equity-based compensation arrangements

Welfare Benefit Plans

• Cafeteria plans
• Disability plans
• COBRA coverage
• Life insurance arrangements
• Medical coverage flexible plans
• Education flexible savings plans
• Dependent care flexible spending plans

International Concerns Also Addressed

In addition, Stark Reagan can guide its multinational clients through the quagmire of tax, securities and other laws applicable to their global compensation programs throughout the world.

Contact Our Employee Benefits Lawyers Today [or Contact Our Business Law Firm about Your Employee Benefits Issues Today]

For a confidential assessment of your employee benefits or employment law legal matters, contact the seasoned attorneys at Stark Reagan today to set up an appointment.

The lawyers who are knowledgeable about everything from deferred compensation to employee severance agreements are:

Daniel E. Chapman
Christopher E. LeVasseur
Kenneth M. Boyer
William D. Girardot