All areas of employee benefits and executive compensation including: qualified and nonqualified retirement plans; group health plans; multi-employer pension and health plans; benefit plan issues in mergers and acquisitions; benefit plan investments in venture capital and real estate; equity incentive and nonqualified deferred compensation plans; benefit plans and executive compensation arrangements for employees of tax-exempt entities; income and estate tax planning for receipt of large distributions from retirement plans; negotiating and drafting executive employment agreements; use of employer stock in benefit plans including ESOPs. Recommended by Legal 500 US 2010 for his “highly sophisticated knowledge in employee benefits tax and regulation.”