Jordan Schreier is a shareholder in Butzel Long's Ann Arbor, Michigan office. He is a Vice-President of the Firm, serves on the firm's Board of Directors and was the Practice Group Leader for the Employee Benefits Practice Group from 1995-2010. He represents clients primarily in the area of ERISA, employee benefits and compensation. He is a graduate of The University of Michigan (B.A. with high distinction, 1983; J.D., cum laude, 1987). Mr. Schreier is listed in the Best Lawyers in America (Employee Benefits Law; Labor and Employment Law), Chambers USA (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation), Super Lawyers (Employee Benefits), and DBusiness magazine's Top Lawyers list. Mr. Schreier's practice primarily involves advising profit and nonprofit employers on planning and compliance issues involving all aspects of employee benefits, including welfare benefits, qualified retirement and other deferred compensation plans. His experience includes counseling on executive compensation programs, controlled group planning, multiemployer benefits plans, consumer directed health care, ERISA reporting and disclosure issues, prohibited transactions, fiduciary compliance and best practices, flexible benefits, COBRA, FMLA, ADA, HIPAA and other benefits issues. He serves as legal counsel to numerous pension and 401(k) investment and administrative committees. Mr. Schreier is a member of the State Bar of Michigan (Labor and Employment and Taxation Sections), the Washtenaw County Bar Association (Labor and Employment and Tax Law Sections) and the American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Section). He teaches a regular class on COBRA compliance for the American Society of Employers, has been an instructor for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and is a frequent speaker on pension and benefit issues. Experience · Established fiduciary compliance program for qualified retirement plans with 9,000 participants/$600 million in assets; drafted documents on committee members, authority, responsibility and rules and policies for paying expenses from plan assets · Assisted tier one automotive supplier in structuring plant closing benefits for union employees; analyzed legal issues on providing pension accruals post-plant closing and advice on benefit funding, vesting and reporting and disclosure obligations · Restructured 16 retiree health care programs for major manufacturing company into five consolidated programs with reduced benefits and assisted with retiree communication and acceptance program · Designed health risk assessment program that complies with ERISA, HIPAA, ADA, and GINA, integrated with employers wellness programs and incentives and determined if eligibility to participate in health plan could be contingent on completing HRA · Provided employee benefits due diligence expertise and reviewed warranties and representations in connection with a private equity investor's purchase of a major OEM's glass manufacturing operations in North America · Prepared plan documents and coordinated compliance efforts in connection with merger of four defined benefit pension plans into employer's consolidated national pension plan · Successfully obtained IRS approval and Compliance Statement under the Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) to retroactively correct 23 operational and plan document errors for major tier one automotive supplier's pension plan · Prepared HIPAA Privacy and Security policies and procedures for client group health plans, including administrative forms, business associate agreements and plans sponsor certifications; updated documents and procedures to comply with HITECH · Provided strategic advice and analysis for publicly traded Fortune 500 company on approach to managing multiemployer pension funds in endangered or critical status and withdrawal liability risks for more than 100 multiemployer pension funds · Advised tier one automotive supplier with documents and legal implications of merging multiple nonqualified deferred compensation plans with rabbi trusts into single national plan with single rabbi trust · Advised large manufacturing clients regarding Code Section 409A compliance for executive supplemental deferred compensation plans, deferred compensation plans and in-kind benefit programs · Advised clients on strategies for addressing Code Section 409A specified employee status for international employees · Assisted clients with correction methods for failing to properly withhold FICA taxes for nonqualified deferred compensation programs News Media Releases 11.28.11, 68 Butzel Long attorneys named to DBusiness magazine's Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit 2012 07.12.11, Butzel Long attorneys named to Chambers USA 2011 04.28.11, Butzel Long elects leadership team 12.02.10, Sixty-four Butzel Long attorneys named to DBusiness magazine's Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit 2011 09.09.10, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 04.21.10, Three Butzel Long shareholders elected to serve two-year term on firm's Board of Directors 09.09.09, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2010: Forty-nine attorneys recognized in national listing 10.22.08, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 News in brief 10.04.11, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 Publications Client alerts 01.13.12, Client Alert - Employee Benefits - New California Laws Affect Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans 12.01.11, Automation Alley Newsletter - IRS Announces New Employee Benefits Limits for 2012 10.25.11, Client Alert - Employee Benefits - IRS Announces New Employee Benefits Limits for 2012 10.01.11, Automation Alley Newsletter - New State Tax on Health Care Claims Affects Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 09.09.11, Client Alert - Employee Benefits - New State Tax on Health Care Claims Affects Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 12.23.10, E-news: Employee Benefits 12.01.10, Automation Alley Newsletter 12.01.10, E-news: Employee Benefits 10.21.10, E-news: Employee Benefits 06.23.10, E-news: Employee Benefits - 6/23/2010 04.29.10, E-news: Health Care Law - April 29, 2010 04.22.10, E-news: Employee Benefits E-news - 04/22/2010 04.01.10, Automation Alley Newsletter - April 2010 03.30.10, E-news: Employee Benefits E-news - 03/30/10 03.26.10, E-news: Butzel Long E-news - 03/26/2010 03.09.10, E-news: Employee Benefits 01.06.10, E-news: Employee Benefits 01.01.10, Automation Alley Newsletter - January 2010 12.23.09, E-news: Employee Benefits 11.23.09, E-news: Employee Benefits 06.18.09, E-news: Employee Benefits - 06/18/09 04.01.09, Automation Alley Newsletter - April 2009 03.20.09, E-news: Employee Benefits - March 20, 2009 02.16.09, E-news: Employee Benefits - 02/16/2009 02.13.09, E-news: Employee Benefits - February 13, 2009 12.30.08, E-news: Employee Benefits - 12/30/2008 12.12.08, E-news: Employee Benefits - December 12, 2008 10.23.08, E-news: Employee Benefits Law - October 23, 2008 10.16.08, E-news: Employee Benefits Law - October 16, 2008 07.01.08, Automation Alley Newsletter - July 2008 06.20.08, E-news: Employee Benefits Law - June 20, 2008 Resources 06.14.10, Health Care Reform Timeline Memberships State Bar of Michigan - Labor and Employment Section; Taxation Section Washtenaw County Bar Association - Labor and Employment Section; Tax Law Sections American Bar Association - Labor and Employment Section Recognitions The Best Lawyers in America, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management, 2009-2012 Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, 2011 Michigan Super Lawyers, Employee Benefits/ERISA, 2011 DBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, Employee Benefits Law, 2011-2012 (Resident, Ann Arbor, Michigan Office) |