Jackson Lewis P.C.

Jackson Lewis P.C.‘s employee benefits practice group advises its clients in a variety of ways, with a collective skillset that covers the range of plan design, implementation and governance concerns in addition to day-to-day assistance on the ever-changing legal and regulatory landscape, all of which help employers to attract and retain employees. The practice is co-led by Baltimore’s Joy Napier-Joyce and New York’s Melissa Ostrower. Napier-Joyce specializes in both retirement, welfare and compensation plan compliance work as well as dealing with DoJ and IRS audits, while Ostrower focuses on qualified and nonqualified retirement plan administration, as executive compensation compliance. Baltimore’s Kellie Thomas specializes in the review and redrafting of healthcare, retirement and stock option purchase plans, plus ERISA and relevant IRC compliance work.