Allison Ullman advises clients on a wide range of federal tax and ERISA matters regarding employee benefits, including health and welfare plans, qualified retirement plans, and executive compensation arrangements. Allison counsels plan sponsors, issuers, and trade associations with regard to health and welfare employee benefits matters, including with respect to interpretation and implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Allison also advises plan sponsors with respect to qualified and nonqualified plan design and compliance matters, and she represents plan sponsors before the IRS and the Department of Labor on a broad range of benefits issues. In addition to her compliance practice, Allison also maintains a strong regulatory practice. She routinely drafts comment letters to regulators regarding health care reform issues and frequently speaks on health-related employee benefits issues. Honors & Distinctions Leading Lawyer, The Legal 500 US, Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design (2019) Listed, The Legal 500 US, Healthcare: Health Insurers (2016) Graduate Tax Scholar, Georgetown University Law Center Legal Fellow, United States Senate Committee on Finance
Publications IRS Finalizes Changes in Hardship Distribution Rules Groom Benefits Brief September 30, 2019
Publications Senate HELP Committee Releases Sweeping Legislative Package Targeting Health Care Costs Groom Benefits Brief June 18, 2019
Publications Making Sure Your Plan Language Matches What You Are Doing – New Class Action Lawsuit Examines How a Common Definition of “Compensation” Was Applied Groom Benefits Brief January 3, 2019
Publications Relief for 403(b) Plans Regarding the Exclusion of Part-Time Employees Groom Benefits Brief December 19, 2018
Publications With Year-End Deadline Looming IRS Issues Much Anticipated Hardship Guidance Groom Benefits Brief November 16, 2018
Publications Massachusetts and New Jersey Enact State-Level Health Coverage Mandates Groom Benefits Brief September 10, 2018
Publications IRS Private Ruling on Student Loan Benefit Under 401(k) Plan Likely to Fuel Interest Groom Benefits Brief August 21, 2018
Publications The Departments Release Final Rule Aimed at Expanding Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance Coverage Groom Benefits Brief August 21, 2018