Experience

Trucker Huss

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Health and Welfare Practice Group

  • May 2018 - Present

  Counsels employers, multiemployer trusts, and multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) in all aspects of their health and welfare plans. Experience includes assisting clients in compliance with the various federal and state laws applicable to health and welfare plans, such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Public Health Service Act, HIPAA, HITECH, COBRA, FMLA and Medicare. Assists clients with drafting plan and trust… Show more Counsels employers, multiemployer trusts, and multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) in all aspects of their health and welfare plans. Experience includes assisting clients in compliance with the various federal and state laws applicable to health and welfare plans, such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Public Health Service Act, HIPAA, HITECH, COBRA, FMLA and Medicare. Assists clients with drafting plan and trust documents, amendments, and SPDs; analyzing employee-benefit issues relating to all aspects of plan design and funding; analyzing plan administrative, fiduciary and tax issues (including benefit claims and appeals, income and payroll tax reporting, prohibited transactions, and the application of non-discrimination rules); and reviewing and negotiating service provider agreements. Specializes in advising ERISA plans on negotiating investment management agreements with private equity and private debt funds. Show less Counsels employers, multiemployer trusts, and multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) in all aspects of their health and welfare plans. Experience includes assisting clients in compliance with the various federal and state laws applicable to health and welfare plans, such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Public Health Service Act, HIPAA, HITECH, COBRA, FMLA and Medicare. Assists clients with drafting plan and trust… Show more Counsels employers, multiemployer trusts, and multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) in all aspects of their health and welfare plans. Experience includes assisting clients in compliance with the various federal and state laws applicable to health and welfare plans, such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Public Health Service Act, HIPAA, HITECH, COBRA, FMLA and Medicare. Assists clients with drafting plan and trust documents, amendments, and SPDs; analyzing employee-benefit issues relating to all aspects of plan design and funding; analyzing plan administrative, fiduciary and tax issues (including benefit claims and appeals, income and payroll tax reporting, prohibited transactions, and the application of non-discrimination rules); and reviewing and negotiating service provider agreements. Specializes in advising ERISA plans on negotiating investment management agreements with private equity and private debt funds. Show less



Beeson, Tayer & Bodine

• United States
• Legal Services

• Employee Benefits Attorney

  • Oct 2014 - Apr 2018

  Represented multiemployer health and welfare plans and pension plans (including both defined benefit and defined contribution plans). Representative duties included: -plan design and qualification; -general advice on a range of compliance and administrative issues to trust fiduciaries and professional staff including compliance with the Affordable Care Act, ERISA, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, HIPAA, COBRA and the Internal Revenue Code. -reviewing and negotiating… Show more Represented multiemployer health and welfare plans and pension plans (including both defined benefit and defined contribution plans). Representative duties included: -plan design and qualification; -general advice on a range of compliance and administrative issues to trust fiduciaries and professional staff including compliance with the Affordable Care Act, ERISA, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, HIPAA, COBRA and the Internal Revenue Code. -reviewing and negotiating provider contracts (including investment manager agreements); -litigation involving ERISA matters; -drafting and reviewing plan documents, summary plan descriptions and plan amendments; and -reviewing qualified domestic relations orders ("QDROs") for defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. Show less Represented multiemployer health and welfare plans and pension plans (including both defined benefit and defined contribution plans). Representative duties included: -plan design and qualification; -general advice on a range of compliance and administrative issues to trust fiduciaries and professional staff including compliance with the Affordable Care Act, ERISA, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, HIPAA, COBRA and the Internal Revenue Code. -reviewing and negotiating… Show more Represented multiemployer health and welfare plans and pension plans (including both defined benefit and defined contribution plans). Representative duties included: -plan design and qualification; -general advice on a range of compliance and administrative issues to trust fiduciaries and professional staff including compliance with the Affordable Care Act, ERISA, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, HIPAA, COBRA and the Internal Revenue Code. -reviewing and negotiating provider contracts (including investment manager agreements); -litigation involving ERISA matters; -drafting and reviewing plan documents, summary plan descriptions and plan amendments; and -reviewing qualified domestic relations orders ("QDROs") for defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. Show less



O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, P.C.

• United States
• Law Practice

• Associate Attorney

  • Oct 2011 - Sep 2014

  Developed extensive litigation experience through all phases of the litigation process in District of Columbia Superior Court, federal district courts nationwide, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Served as co-counsel on national-level arbitrations between an international union and a federal agency. Pursued and defended unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board. Taught seminars on legal topics including labor law and defamation. Developed extensive litigation experience through all phases of the litigation process in District of Columbia Superior Court, federal district courts nationwide, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Served as co-counsel on national-level arbitrations between an international union and a federal agency. Pursued and defended unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board. Taught seminars on legal topics including labor law and defamation.



American Center for International Labor Solidarity AFL-CIO

• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • May 2010 - Jul 2010

  Assisted Solidarity Center attorneys in reviewing legal cases in the areas of workers’ rights, trade union development, and labor law. Performed critical research, participated in industry stakeholder events, and supported senior staff in meetings with industry leaders and government officials. Assisted Solidarity Center attorneys in reviewing legal cases in the areas of workers’ rights, trade union development, and labor law. Performed critical research, participated in industry stakeholder events, and supported senior staff in meetings with industry leaders and government officials.


Washington CeaseFire
• United States
• International Affairs
• Legal Intern

  • May 2009 - Aug 2009

Caledonian School
• Czechia
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee
• TEFL Instructor

  • Feb 2006 - Sep 2006