Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Partner

Richard works with clients to manage and maintain their benefit and compensation programs to reach the most elegant solutions possible—ones which are practical, efficient, and consistent with the clients' corporate culture.

Having more than three decades of experience in the employee benefits and executive compensation areas gives Richard a perspective that only time can provide. He has worked with clients in a broad spectrum of industries, including financial, insurance, retail clothing and high-end jewelry, manufacturing, shipping, beer and spirits manufacturing, and distribution and hospitality. A particular area of focus for Richard is tax-exempt organizations, such as large hospital and medical systems, and higher education. In the past two decades, there has been a significant consolidation of the hospital industry. This requires experience determining the benefit implication of an acquisition or merger, identifying areas of exposure or risk, integrating benefit programs of the parties to the merger or other transaction, executive retention and separation, and eliminating redundancies among the parties' benefit programs.

Having a great amount of experience over such a broad range of industries gives Richard the ability to understand not only the matters being discussed, but also the context of the clients' particular industries and business. This provides a value to his clients beyond a mere knowledge of the legal concepts in play. Richard collaborates with clients as if he's part of their in-house human resources or legal teams, getting to know them both professionally and personally. He understands their business capabilities and limitations, and provides practical, pragmatic advice they can feasibly implement.

American Bar Association Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Employee Benefits Committee New York State Bar Association

LLM, New York University School of Law Tax JD, Boston University School of Law BA, Queens College, City University of New York Accounting