Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
USA Guide 2024 : District of Columbia
Band 5
About
Provided by Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
Keeping pace with the changes and complexities of the regulatory environment, we help plan sponsors and service providers mitigate risk and advance critical HR objectives. With comprehensive service offerings, we consider your distinct needs and concerns in developing or modifying benefits plans and executive compensation arrangements. When it helps you, we form multidisciplinary teams — often comprising colleagues from our corporate, employment, health, insurance, investment management and litigation practice groups. Through these collaborations, we identify creative resolutions to our clients’ most vexing problems and uncover opportunities that might otherwise go unseen. Whether you’re a benefits plan fiduciary, a government or other tax-exempt employer, a privately held company or a public company, we provide practical counsel and customized strategies to address your specific challenges and opportunities.
Chambers Review
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath has a respected employee benefits and executive compensation practice. The team regularly advises clients on the design and implementation of health and welfare and retirement plans. Its members have further expertise in matters such as ERISA litigation.
Work Highlights
- Faegre Drinker represented PacifiCorp/Berkshire Hathaway Energy in litigating withdrawal liability assessed against its subsidiary Energy West by the UMWA 1974 Pension Plan.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Faegre Drinker's analysis is thorough and not limited in scope."
"The firm has proven to be responsive and timely to deadlines and responds within the appropriate amount of time."
"Faegre Drinker's analysis is thorough and not limited in scope."
"The firm has proven to be responsive and timely to deadlines and responds within the appropriate amount of time."
Notable Practitioners
Kendra Roberson focuses her impressive practice on advising clients on the design and implementation of benefits plans. She has in-depth knowledge of health and welfare plans and equity and executive compensation plans.
"She is meticulous and gives a global analysis with sensitivity to a client’s risk tolerance."
"She is responsive, engaging, strategic and personal."
"She is a very strategic thinker and incredibly responsive and proactive."