Magan Pritam Ray

Magan Pritam Ray: Attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Reviewed
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Biography

Magan Pritam Ray, Co-Chair of the Benefits & Compensation Practice, has wide-ranging experience in all facets of employee benefits and ERISA matters, including the design, implementation and operation of retirement plans, health and welfare benefit plans, cafeteria plans, fringe benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation programs. Magan focuses on counseling clients on the business impact, strategic response, plan design and compliance with the evolving legal requirements and industry changes impacting health care. Magan regularly advises Fortune 100 companies on issues in mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs and joint ventures. Magan also has experience in representing companies undergoing employee benefits and tax audits before the IRS and Department of Labor.

Concentrations

•Design implement and provide advice on tax, ERISA, HHS and employment laws relating to:
•Tax qualified retirement plans
•Health care benefits (e.g. self-insured or fully insured medical, dental, vision, EAP benefits, wellness, HDHP/HSAs, HRAs, FSAs, on-site clinics, telemedicine and ancillary services)
•Welfare benefits (e.g. life, disability, AD&D, legal services, funded vacation, severance)
•Health care reform (Affordable Care Act)
•HIPAA/HITECH
•COBRA
•Nonqualified deferred compensation plans
•125/Cafeteria plans
•Fringe benefits (e.g. dependent care, transportation, educational assistance, adoption assistance)
•Provide advice on full array of benefit issues in mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs and joint ventures
•DOL and IRS voluntary compliance programs
•Fiduciary compliance, including training
•DOL, IRS and EDD audits
•State and local sick leave law investigations
•ERISA Litigation

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, 2026
•Listed, Thomson Reuters, 'Stand-Out Lawyers,' 2023-2025
•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, 2021-2025
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States
•Labor and Employment - Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design, 2022 and 2024-2025
•Labor and Employment - ERISA Litigation, 'Other Key Lawyer,' 2023-2024, 'Recommended Lawyer', 2025
•Labor and Employment - Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, 2015-2021
•Listed, Profiles in Diversity Journal, 'Asian Leaders Worth Watching,' 2022
•Listed, San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal, 'Forever Influential Leader,' 2020
•Listed, Silicon Valley Business Journal, 'Women of Influence,' 2018
•Listed, San Francisco Business Times, 'Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business,' 2018
•Listed, The Best Bay Area Lawyers, 2005-2006

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Areas of Practice (5)

  • Benefits & Compensation
  • Tax
  • Labor & Employment
  • ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation
  • Health Care & FDA Practice

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of California at Berkeley, B.A., History, 1986; University of California at Berkeley, M.A., 1989
Law School Attended:
Stanford Law School, J.D., with distinction, 1994
Year of First Admission:
1995
Admission:
1995, California
Memberships:

Professional & Community Involvement

•Co-Chair, Greenberg Traurig Benefits & Compensation Practice (2022-Present)
•Asian Law Caucus Board of Directors (2021-Present)
•Vice Chair (2024 - present)
•Co-Chair, Greenberg Traurig Asian Affinity Group (2018-2022)
•ACLU of Northern California Board of Directors (2009-2020, 2022-Present)
•Chair of the Board of Directors (2017-2019)
•Chair of the Governance Committee (2020)
•Member, Executive Committee (2012-2014, 2017-2020)
•Chair, Legislative Policy Committee (2013-2014)
•Member, Development Committee (2014-2018)
•Member, Finance Committee (2009-2014, 2017-2020, 2022-Present)
•Member, Personnel Committee (2009-2014, 2017)
•ACLU Foundation of Northern California Board of Directors (2012-2020)
•Chair of the Board of Directors (2017-2019)
•Chair of the Governance Committee (2020)
•Member, Finance Committee (2009-2014, 2017-2019)
•RIP Medical Debt Board of Directors (2021-2023)
•Co-Chair, Policy & Communication Committee, (2023-2023)
•Coastside Recovery Task Force (2021-2022)
•Member, California Minority Counsel Program (CMCP) Annual Business Conference Planning Committee (2021)
•Member, American Bar Association

Birth Information:
Mussoorie, India, November 4, 1963
ISLN:
900052130

Peer Reviews

5.0/5.0 (1 review)
Peer Reviewed

  • Legal Knowledge

    5.0/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    5.0/5.0

  • Judgment

    5.0/5.0

  • Communication

    5.0/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    5.0/5.0
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