Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Partner and Chair of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Department

Diane Dygert has spent more than 30 years focused on the rules and regulations of employee benefits. Diane has considerable expertise in the health and welfare space, where she has counseled and trained clients extensively on HIPAA privacy compliance, health care reform, and wellness programs, including implementing compliant plans and policies. Diane’s focus on executive compensation matters includes employment and severance agreements, stock options, restricted stock, and performance-based compensation, as well as the international aspects of employee benefits issues. She counsels clients on the establishment and operation of qualified retirement plans with considerable experience in large corrections and the defense of government audits. She works with clients on establishing and conducting appropriate benefits governance and fiduciary compliance processes—critically important in this era of intense scrutiny.

Diane has served as an adjunct professor for the LL.M. in Employee Benefits Program at The John Marshall Law School, the first graduate-level law school curriculum in the country. Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Ms. Dygert was senior counsel at Waste Management, Inc., where she was responsible for legal review of all areas of employee benefits and executive compensation.

American Bar Association, Section of Taxation The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC)

JD, University of Michigan Law School BS, Cornell University