Amy M. Christen assists clients with a full range of employee benefits matters, including compliance and design of qualified retirement plans, health and other welfare plans and fringe benefit plans. As leader of the practice group’s Health and Welfare Team, Amy assists clients to develop strategies to comply with the myriad of complex laws impacting employer-sponsored group health plans, including the Affordable Care Act, COBRA and HIPAA Privacy and Security laws. Amy also advises clients on employee benefit concerns in mergers and acquisitions and ERISA litigation.
Before joining Dykema, Ms. Christen practiced employee benefits law for a boutique benefits firm and prior to that, a major Detroit-based law firm. She also clerked for the Ohio Court of Appeals.
Areas of Practice
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Labor & Employment
- Gaming & Indian Law
- Privacy and Data Security
Industries
- Automotive Industry Group
- Dental Service Organizations Industry Group
- Insurance Industry Group
Bar Admissions
Education
University of Toledo, J.D., magna cum laude
Ohio State University, B.A.
