The employee benefits and executive compensation group at BakerHostetler is led by Susan Lubow in Columbus and Jennifer Mills and Cleveland. Lubow has great expertise in ERISA and benefit plan structuring matters, while Mills has recently been engaged in providing guidance to various clients concerning how their health plans could be affected by Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Working from Cleveland, Ann Caresani advises clients on a variety of employee retirement, health, and welfare benefits matters. As leader of the Columbus office tax group, Seth Hanft is greatly experienced with benefit-focused initiatives to reduce operating costs. Stacy Wilhite, also based in Columbus, assists clients in plan design and compliance with ERISA, Affordable Care Act, and various other regulations. In the Dallas office, Stefan Smith works on various health and welfare plans, as well as equity-based compensations.
Key clients
- American Automobile Association
- American Heart Association
- BrightAI Corporation
- CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Cathay General Bancorp
- Contran Corporation
- Employees’ Retirement Fund of the City of Dallas
- Greif, Inc.
- Hard Rock International
- Kaiser Permanente/Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
- Land O’Lakes
- Mattress Firm
- Music Audience Exchange, Inc.
- North Texas Tollway Authority
- Pariveda Solutions, Inc.
- Teleflex Incorporated
- The E.W. Scripps Company
- The Huntington National Bank
Work highlights
- Acted as benefits counsel for Land O’Lakes in a Cooperative Pension Plan and Cooperative Savings Plan, two multiple employer retirement plans with participating employers.
- Providing counsel to CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield regarding the compliance of its health plan products and services with the Employees Retirement Income Security Act, Internal Revenue Code, and Affordable Care Act.
- Providing federal income tax and securities law counsel to Cathay General Bancorp regarding its incentive, executive, and equity compensation programs.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Susan Lubow, Jennifer Mills