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A. Scott Ruygrok

Principal

Alan Bayless Feldman

Phoenix Office Litigation Manager

Amy Peck

Co-leader of the Immigration practice group

Charles Seemann

New Orleans Office Managing Principal

Clarisse Petersen

Donald English

Baltimore Office Managing Principal

Howard Shapiro

Principal and Co-Leader of the ERISA Litigation practice group

Jina Lee

Jonathan Spitz

Co-leader of the Labor Relations Practice Group

Joy Napier-Joyce

Principal and Co-Leader of the Employee Benefits practice group

Kevin Lauri

Firm Chair

Kimberly Bennett

Immigration

Laura Mitchell

Co-leader of the firm's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practice group

Laura Pierson-Scheinberg

Leader of the Retail Industry practice group

Melissa Ostrower

Melissa Ostrower is a principal in the New York City, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and co-leader of the firm’s Employee Benefits practice group. She counsels clients in a broad range of employee benefit matters, including general compliance and administration of qualified retirement plans and nonqualified retirement plans. Melissa assists clients with welfare plan issues involving cafeteria plans, health plans, flexible spending accounts, COBRA and the Affordable Care Act. She regularly speaks on all benefits issues including federal health care reform, fiduciary compliance and executive compensation. Melissa regularly advises on executive compensation matters, including issues related to compliance with Section 409A, 162(m) and 280G of the Internal Revenue Code. Melissa represents clients in connection with Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor audits and information requests. She also regularly assists clients in fixing plan operational and document errors. Melissa negotiates with benefits providers, volume submitter and prototype vendors, TPAs, insurers and auditors. Melissa also advises clients in connection with phantom and equity based compensation arrangements.