301 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900, Raleigh, NC 27601t: 919.783.2886|
P.O. Box 1801, Raleigh, NC 27602-1801f: 919.783.1075|
Kate's practice is focused in the areas of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation. She assists public and private employers with the full range of qualified and non-qualified plans, welfare benefit plans, fringe benefit plans, non-qualified deferred compensation plans and executive compensation plans, including matters concerning ERISA, Internal Revenue Code, HIPAA and COBRA compliance.

Representative Experience

  • Advising private and public sector employers in the operation of retirement plans and executive compensation packages, including matters concerning ERISA and Internal Revenue Code compliance.
  • Advising clients regarding welfare and fringe benefit plans, including COBRA, HIPAA and non-discrimination issues.
  • Counseling employers on administrative and compliance issues, including assistance in correcting qualification failures, prohibited transactions and fiduciary breaches.

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Prior Legal Experience

Kate worked as a Summer Clerk for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in Washington, DC in 2006.  She was a Law Clerk with Mansmann & Moore in Pittsburgh, PA in 2005 and 2006 and also spent the summer of 2005 as a Clerk for the North Carolina Department of Justice in Raleigh.
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