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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation practice solves our clients' problems related to benefits and compensation matters. To do that, we make a point of understanding each client's business, its workforce, its objectives, the metrics that make it successful and its attitudes on risk tolerance.
We represent hundreds of clients throughout the United States in all areas of employee benefits and executive compensation, including incentive compensation arrangements, pensions, ESOPs, 401(k) arrangements and other retirement plans, health and welfare plans and other benefits related matters. Our practice includes designing, implementing, maintaining and terminating employee benefit and compensation plans, and integrating plans in acquisitions and mergers.
The types of clients we serve enhance our perspective. We represent "consumers" of employee benefit services, such as employers and in-house fiduciaries. We also represent "providers" such as banks, mutual funds, investment advisers and third party administrators. Also, although we represent six companies in the Fortune 500, we also represent dozens of employee-owned companies and many governmental entities.
Our services include:
Designing and implementing employee stock ownership plans
Designing and implementing employee equity and “phantom” equity plans, including options, restricted stock and stock appreciation rights
Designing and drafting retirement, health, welfare and deferred compensation plans and trust documents
Working with the leading industry providers and vendors in the negotiation of favorable arrangements for our clients in order to satisfy applicable fiduciary duties and administrative requirements
Representing ERISA fiduciaries (including trustees, investment advisers and administrative committee members) regarding their duties and unique issues. We successfully defended ERISA fiduciary in a precedent setting case affirmed by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Representing employers and fiduciaries in ERISA litigation. We successfully defended an ERISA fiduciary in a precedent setting case affirmed by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Representing providers of employee benefit services regarding the design and delivery of their products and services
Designing solutions to complex securities law problems relating to employer stock held by plans. For example, we designed a payroll deduction, stock option plan for United States employees of a United Kingdom company
Representing employers and fiduciaries in controversies before the IRS and Department of Labor. We settled with the IRS a potential prohibited transaction excise tax claim in excess of $100 million and at the same time negotiated a tax deduction for employee benefits in excess of $40 million
Designing arrangements to retain and incent executives and other employees, including change-in-control severance agreements and retention agreements
Advising plan administrators on correcting errors. Problems often arise for which no easy solution exists. Our responsibility is to help administrators implement practical solutions
Analyzing employee benefit risks and opportunities in connection with mergers and acquisitions, and integrating the benefit programs of the combined entities. For example, in 2008 we were responsible for all benefit and compensation matters in a public company's sale of a $2 billion subsidiary
Handling the benefit and compensation issues faced by companies in bankruptcy. For example, in 2008 and 2009 we represented a large public company in bankruptcy, which included multiple defined benefit pension plans
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Husch Blackwell is committed to recruiting, developing, retaining, and promoting talented attorneys and staff. We believe diversity encompasses a variety of characteristics, including race, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, education, and family and marital status.
Our environment is essential to both the quality of our client service and the personal satisfaction of our lawyers and staff.
Our efforts have been recognized both nationally and locally in promoting diversity. We received a top rating of 100 percent in the Corporate Equality Index, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the Equal Justice Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, and named one of the Top 100 Law Firms for Women by MultiCultural Law Magazine.
Minority and female partners hold senior leadership positions in management, which fully supports the wide variety of initiatives coordinated by our firm’s Diversity Committee.
We are actively involved in promoting diversity within the legal profession. Our firm endorsed the diversity commitment and action plans of our local bar associations.
Diversity and inclusiveness make us a stronger firm and better able to understand our clients’ needs. We are committed to pursue, promote and enhance diversity at Husch Blackwell.
Matter Budgeting and Financial Management
Does the firm establish formal budgets for client engagements?Yes
Are bills submitted electronically?Yes
Quality Management
Does the firm conduct end of matter reviews?Yes
Litigation General Best Practices
Does the firm have a formalized new associate litigation training/mentoring program?Yes
Does the firm's litigation department have a structured approach to early case assessment? For example: Does your firm implement a standard approach to determine risks and strengths early in a case to assess trial or settlement options?Yes
Does the firm have an established records management team to assist clients with records retention, compliance and litigation preparedness?Yes
Vendor Management
Does the firm have preferred vendor relationships?Yes
Knowledge Management
Does the firm have a knowledge management program?Yes
Disaster Recovery
Does the firm have a disaster recovery plan in place?Yes
Litigation eDiscovery Best Practices
Does your firm have any educational programs designed to address the changing federal rules of civil procedure?Yes
Does the firm have a standardized litigation hold program in place for its clients?Yes
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or her at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.
Husch Blackwell LLP got this award in 2026
Distinguished: An excellent rating for a lawyer with some experience. This rating indicates the attorney is widely
respected by their peers for high professional achievement and ethical standards.
Notable: This rating indicates that the lawyer has been recognized by a large number of their peers for strong ethical standards.
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publishing Legal Guides, and other useful contributions to the Avvo community.
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