The North Carolina firm of Poyner Spruill LLP has an extensive practice in the intricate field of employee benefits law. Attorneys in this practice group advise clients about legal, tax, and ERISA aspects of employer sponsored qualified plans, including pension Section 401(k), profit sharing, employee stock ownership, money purchase and other employee benefits. Tax exempt and governmental employers also are served with respect to deferred compensation, including Code Section 457 and 403(b).
Poyner Spruill LLP employee benefits lawyers also provide consultation on all forms of executive compensation, including equity based compensation and other incentive compensation, as well as the drafting of employment agreements and severance benefit programs. The scope of the employee benefits practice includes the Federal and North Carolina legal and tax aspects of welfare plans (including COBRA and ERISA) such as health care, cafeteria, life, severance, dependent care and disability plans.
Cost containment structure is also provided, such as the establishment of self insured health care plans funded through tax exempt trusts.
The Employment Benefits Practice Group also represents clients in adversarial employee benefit matters involving governmental agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor, and works closely with the firm's Litigation Department in private party ERISA litigation.
Poyner Spruill LLP strives for excellence in practice and is structured for flexibility in today's changing North Carolina and Federal employee benefits laws. The full resources of our interdisciplinary firm can be focused on any specific employee benefit or other legal problem brought to us by our clients.
