Practice Areas & Industries: Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Luce Forward has specialists who provide advise regarding the design, documentation, compliance, dispute resolution and trouble shooting associated with qualified pension, profit-sharing and employee stock ownership plans sponsored by public and private entities as well as governmental and tax-exempt organizations.

Nonqualified Retirement Plans

Luce Forward has executive compensation experts uniquely qualified to structure and advise employers regarding the tax, ERISA, labor, securities, bankruptcy and estate planning issues relating to non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements and supplemental retirement plans for high-level executives of public and private businesses as well as tax-exempt entities, governmental entities, cooperatives and Indian Tribes.

Welfare Benefit Plans

Luce Forward attorneys are experienced in the design and structure of life, disability and long term care plans, including split dollar life insurance, and combo or carve-out life insurance and long term disability plans. We structure VEBAs, post-retirement medical plans, vacation plans and severance benefit plans. Our attorneys also advise regarding flexible benefit or cafeteria plans that can offer employees a choice among alternative benefits including supplemental medical and dependent care.

Equity and Incentive Compensation Plans

Luce Forward experts design employee and executive stock option and stock purchase plans, phantom stock plans and stock appreciation rights as well as equity and performance plan alternatives for private, tax-exempt, cooperative and other non-stock entities. We also design and document short and long term incentive plans that align the interests of employees and executives with the performance desired.

Employment Agreements and Severance Arrangements

Luce Forward attorneys are experienced negotiators of employment contracts between employers and CEOs and other high level executives. We negotiate and safely document executive terminations and severance arrangements to protect against later claims and disputes.