Practice Groups

Plan Design and Taxation

Seventeen attorneys practice in this group, including Lou Mazawey and Elizabeth Dold.

Principal Contact:
Lou Mazawey
202-861-6608
ltm@groom.com

Drawing on decades of experience at the Internal Revenue Service and in private practice, we work with Fortune 100 companies, associations, government entities, churches, and financial institutions to create and maintain employee benefit plans that adhere to the highest regulatory standards and evolve to meet the needs of their sponsors.

Coverage

•	All aspects of legal compliance and planning for employee benefit programs.
•	Plan design and documentation, including transitions from defined benefit pension plans to cash balance and other types of plans.
•	Interpreting the Internal Revenue Code's requirements and obtaining IRS rulings on issues related to plan design and management.
•	All aspects of 401(k), ESOP and other stock-based plans.
•	Employee benefits issues arising from corporate acquisitions and divestitures.
•	Compliance audits of employee benefit programs.
•	Tax and financing issues related to post-retirement welfare benefit programs.
•	Analysis of legislation requiring changes in employee benefit plans.

Representative Engagements

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Attorneys in this group:

•	Gina Boscarino
•	Eric Cotts
•	Jenifer Cromwell
•	Kendall Daines
•	Elizabeth Dold
•	Doug Ell
•	Eugene Fowler
•	Ted Groom
•	Chris Keller
•	Jeffrey Kroh
•	David Levine
•	Mark Lofgren
•	Lou Mazawey
•	John McGuiness
•	David Powell
•	Bill Sweetnam
•	Sarah Touzalin
•	Brigen Winters