Burr & Forman LLP

Reap the benefit of Burr & Forman's long experience.

Whether its favorable tax treatment or attracting and retaining quality employees, employees and employers favor compensation in the form of employee benefits rather than current cash compensation. Burr's attorneys advise and represent clients on all phases of employee benefits planning and administration.

Our clients are:

• Employers
• Plan sponsors
• Plan fiduciaries
• Plan service providers
• Private and public companies
• For profit and tax-exempt
• Church and governmental entities.

Our services include:

• Drafting and implementing employee pension and welfare benefit plans
• Submitting tax-qualified plans to the IRS
• COBRA, HIPAA, and health care reform compliance
• Requesting private letter rulings from the IRS
• Advising clients on plan administration and interpretation
• Preparing summary plan descriptions
• Correcting qualified plan errors with the IRS under EPCRS
• Correcting fiduciary errors with the DOL under DFVC and VFCP
• Advising and training fiduciaries
• Drafting and implementing severance programs
• Advising clients on tax consequences of employee benefits plans
• Representing clients before federal regulatory agencies -- the IRS, DOL, and PBGC

The philosophy of our ERISA and Employee Benefits practice is simple:

• We know our clients' plans and needs
• We know the law
• We know how to apply the law to our clients' plans and needs
• We know how to temper the law's application based upon particular circumstances
• We know how to provide prompt, high quality, services at a reasonable and fair price
• We know how to vigorously represent and pursue our client's interests before federal regulatory agencies
• We know when to bring in a Burr labor & employment attorney when ERISA litigation is necessary

Burr & Forman LLP is committed to recruiting, hiring, developing, and promoting lawyers and staff without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, military and protected veteran status, sexual orientation or disability.

We recognize that our ability to serve our clients is strengthened by establishing a diverse workforce in which differences are accepted and valued on an inclusive basis.

Burr & Forman LLP desires to foster a multi-cultured atmosphere that provides a cooperative work environment where everyone is treated with mutual respect, trust and understanding, and where everyone can reach their full potential. The firm values the knowledge and talents of a multicultural team in order to meet and exceed individual and business goals, and client expectations.