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.
