<p>Lisa Burman concentrates her practice in employee benefits, regularly counseling clients concerning all aspects of benefit plan administration and operation of employee benefit plans. Her advice to clients on employee benefits and ERISA matters includes:
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Correction of serious operational and document failures of qualified retirement plans under the various IRS correction programs, as well as Department of Labor investigations and IRS audits. <br>
Disposition of employee benefit plans following corporate mergers and acquisitions. <br>
Termination of qualified retirement plans, including securing the necessary administrative approvals by the IRS and PBGC, and dealing with the treatment of residual plan assets in overfunded defined benefit plans. <br>
Fiduciary obligations, prohibited transactions, participant disclosure (including summary plan descriptions) and other communication issues, and IRS and Department of Labor reporting. <br>
Welfare plan compliance matters, such as the requirements of COBRA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 and the negotiation of service agreements with third party administrators and other benefit service providers. 
Section 403(b) tax-sheltered annuities and section 457 plans for tax-exempt employers.
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Ms. Burman has extensive experience in designing, drafting, and amending various types of employee benefit plans, including defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, money purchase pension plans, profit sharing plans, 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership plans and employee stock purchase plans, as well as group health and other welfare benefit plans. She also regularly works with other attorneys at the firm in connection with litigation concerning ERISA and other employee benefit matters.