DLA Piper LLP (US)

Employment; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

Of Counsel

Kerry Eason has over 15 years of experience working with executive compensation, qualified retirement plans, employee health and other welfare benefit plans, payroll tax issues and general tax and employment related laws.

Kerry routinely counsels deferred compensation plan sponsors and plan service providers on compliance with Internal Revenue Code (Code) requirements for qualified and nonqualified plans (including Code sections 401(a), 409A and 457), ERISA fiduciary obligations, reporting and disclosure requirements and participant rights. Kerry’s experience includes design, implementation, ongoing administration and legal and regulatory compliance of employee benefit plans, including drafting plan documents, employment agreements, participant communications and correction of operational errors.

LL.M., Taxation, University of Houston; J.D., University of Arkansas; B.B.A., International Business, University of Texas