| Biography | Peter H. Turza, a partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher located in its Washington, D.C. office, joined the firm in 1981. A member of the firm's Tax and Labor Departments and Co-chair of its Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group, Mr. Turza focuses on employee benefits and related tax and labor matters. He advises and represents clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity/hedge fund formation and investments, fiduciary and prohibited transaction matters, plan terminations, collective bargaining and benefits-related litigation, including employer withdrawal liability. Mr. Turza assists clients in designing, drafting and operating executive compensation plans, employee pension benefit plans and employee welfare benefit arrangements. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Turza served as Special Counsel for Pension and Welfare Plan Laws to the U.S. Congressional Joint Economic Committee and as Associate Minority Counsel to the U.S. Senate Labor Subcommittee. In these capacities, he was the principal advisor on employee benefits matters to Senator Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.), the principal author of ERISA. Mr. Turza is a frequent lecturer at legal and business seminars and has served for three years as Management Co-Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Labor and Employment Law. He has also served for three years as a member of the ABA's Joint Committee on Employee Benefits. He is a member of the ERISA Roundtable, serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Benefits Law Journal, and has lectured at the Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Turza has been appointed by the Secretary of Labor to serve as a member of the Department's Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Plans. He has chaired the Council's Health Care Reform Working Group. A graduate of Yale University (Bachelor of Arts 1971) and the Georgetown University Law Center (Juris Doctor 1974), Mr. Turza was in the private practice of employee benefits law prior to serving in the government. He has authored articles in the Duke Law Journal, the Catholic University Law Review, and the Benefits Law Journal. He is a charter fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, having served on its Formation Committee and its first Board of Governors, and is also a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Inc. He has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers 2010 guides. Recent Publications IRS Qualified Plan Limitations Unchanged for 2010, Client Alert, Oct 21, 2009 Deadlines for Amending Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans and Executive Bonus Arrangements Rapidly Approaching: Immediate Action Required, Client Alert, May 27, 2009 Important New Guidance Issued on COBRA "Subsidy", Client Alert, Apr 3, 2009 Federal Stimulus Bill Makes Major Changes to COBRA That Will Require Immediate Action, Client Alert, Feb 24, 2009 2008 Employee Benefits Deadlines Require Immediate Attention, Client Alert, Dec 3, 2008 Unprecedented Challenges for Executive Compensation Require Immediate Planning, Client Alert, Nov 14, 2008 IRS Releases Updated Qualified Plan Limitations for 2009, Client Alert, Oct 23, 2008 Final Section 409A Amendment Deadline and End of Transition Period Rapidly Approaching; Immediate Action Required, Client Alert, Jun 26, 2008 IRS Provides Transition Relief on Controversial Section 162(m) Issue, Client Alert, Feb 22, 2008 IRS Issues Voluntary Correction Program for Section 409A Operational Violations, Client Alert, Dec 5, 2007 2007 Employee Benefits Deadlines Require Immediate Attention, Client Alert, Dec 4, 2007 IRS Extends Most Section 409A Transition Relief to December 31, 2008, Client Alert, Oct 23, 2007 IRS Releases Updated Qualified Plan Limitations for 2008, Client Alert, Oct 19, 2007 IRS Issues Limited Extension to Section 409A Amendment Deadline; Provides Little Relief for Employers and Other Plan Sponsors, Client Alert, Sep 11, 2007 Delaware Court Decision Highlights Importance of Stock Option Plan Language in Corporate Transactions, Client Alert, Aug 15, 2007 IRS Issues Helpful Guidance Excluding Principal Financial Officers from Coverage Under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, Client Alert, Jun 8, 2007 Nine Action Steps to Implement the Section 409A Deferred Compensation Regulations Before the Deadline of December 31, 2007, Client Alert, Apr 26, 2007 IRS Releases Final Regulations Interpreting the Code Section 415 Limits on Benefits Under Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans, Client Alert, Apr 16, 2007 IRS Releases Final Section 409A Regulations on Deferred Compensation, Client Alert, Apr 11, 2007 February 28 Deadline to Take Advantage of IRS Settlement Program for Stock Options and SARs Subject to Section 409A That Were Exercised in 2006, Client Alert, Feb 9, 2007 Senate Finance Committee Proposals Would Impact Deferred Compensation, Client Alert, Jan 18, 2007 2006 Employee Benefits Deadlines Require Immediate Attention, Client Alert, Dec 7, 2006 IRS Extends Section 409A Transition Relief Through December 31, 2007, Client Alert, Oct 5, 2006 Major Pension Legislation Enacted, Client Alert, Aug 8, 2006 Pension Legislation Provides New Opportunities for Investment Funds, Client Alert, Aug 7, 2006 IRS Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Deferred Compensation Regulations, Client Alert, Oct 3, 2005 Legislation Represents A "Sea Change" in Deferred Compensation, Client Alert, Oct 12, 2004 |