Ken Hoogstra maintains an extensive employee benefits practice, advising clients on such matters as ERISA compliance for group health, welfare and pension plans, and the design and administration of qualified retirement plans and nonqualified deferred compensation plans. Ken places a particular focus on the implementation, design and administration of employee stock ownership plans (“ESOPs”). He also has significant experience working on executive compensation arrangements, including compliance with tax laws such as Internal Revenue Code Sections 162(m), 280G and 409A, as well as disclosure requirements for executive compensation plans in public company proxy statements and periodic SEC filings. Working with attorneys from the firm’s Litigation and Risk Management team, Ken has helped defend employers, retirement plans and health care providers in numerous ERISA litigation cases, both at the federal district court and appellate court levels.
Ken also counsels both public and private companies on a wide variety of securities laws issues, including compliance with SEC filing requirements and exempt stock offerings. He advises public companies regarding their compliance obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, and other federal and state statutes affecting companies’ SEC disclosures and corporate governance requirements.
Additionally, Ken maintains a broad employment-based immigration practice, with a particular emphasis on immigration options for health care professionals, engineers, intra-company transferees and computer consultants. Ken has successfully obtained J-1 waivers and H-1B status for physicians in numerous states, including Wisconsin, Iowa, California, Arizona and Maine.
Ken is actively involved in charitable work through his church and currently serves as President of the Wisconsin Classis of the Reformed Church in America. He also serves as a mentor in a local elementary school.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Kenneth A. Hoogstra
- IRS Issues ARPA COBRA Premium Assistance Guidance - (Posted On Monday, June 28, 2021)
- Legislative, IRS and DOL Responses to COVID-19 Affecting Retirement Plans, Group Health Plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Health Savings Accounts - (Posted On Friday, April 03, 2020)
- Individual Tax Benefits in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) - (Posted On Sunday, March 29, 2020)
- A Primer on Termination of Single Employer Defined Benefit Pension Plans in Bankruptcy - (Posted On Thursday, January 30, 2020)
- Department of Labor Extends Transition Period for Prohibited Transaction Exemptions Related to Its ERISA Fiduciary Rule - (Posted On Wednesday, December 13, 2017)
- IRS Delays Notice Requirements for Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Accounts - (Posted On Wednesday, May 03, 2017)
- Omnibus Budget Bill Delays Implementation of "Cadillac" Tax on Expensive Health Plans, Makes Other Tax Changes to Affordable Care Act - (Posted On Monday, December 28, 2015)
- New Regulation Crowdfunding: A Financing Lifeline for Startups and Small Businesses - (Posted On Thursday, November 12, 2015)
- President Obama's Executive Actions On Immigration Will Impact Employment-Based Immigration - (Posted On Tuesday, November 25, 2014)
- 2014 Cost of Living Adjustments to Qualified Retirement Plan Limits - (Posted On Tuesday, December 17, 2013)