skip to main content
Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
  • Our Firm
  • News, Events and Videos
  • Careers
  • People

    Search by Last Name

    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

    View All Attorneys Reset Search

  • Practices

    Practice Areas

    • Business Restructuring, Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
    • Business and Transactions
    • COVID-19 Essential Resources for Business
    • Class and Collective Action Litigation
    • Collegiate Sports
    • Commercial Lending
    • Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
    • Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
    • Environmental and Energy
    • Financial Institutions Regulatory
    • Government Relations
    • Health Care
    • Immigration
    • Intellectual Property and Technology
    • Labor and Employment
    • Litigation
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • OSHA
    • Property
    • Public Finance
    • Securities
    • Tax Assessment, Condemnation & Property Valuation
    • Tax Law
    • Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation
    • Trust and Estate

    Industries

    • Agribusiness
    • Exempt Organizations
    • Higher Education
    • Hospitality and Tourism
    • Long Term Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Municipalities
    • Real Estate and Construction
    • School Law
    • Small Business
  • Offices

    Offices

    • Albany, NY
    • Boston, MA
    • Buffalo, NY
    • Garden City, NY
    • Kansas City
    • Naples, FL
    • New York, NY
    • Red Bank, NJ
    • Rochester, NY
    • Saratoga Springs, NY
    • Syracuse, NY
    • Utica, NY
Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
  • People
  • Practices
  • Offices
  • Our Firm
  • News, Events and Videos
  • Careers
Brian K. Haynes

Brian K. Haynes

Member

bhaynes@bsk.com
Syracuse, NY
(315) 218-8197
Fax (315) 218-8100

Download vCard

Website Disclaimer: Please read and click below to continue.

We look forward to hearing from you. However, please be aware that your email to us does not create an attorney-client relationship. Any information and/or materials you provide will not be considered confidential, sensitive or attorney-client privileged until we have agreed to represent you and you have signed an engagement letter. Unless an engagement letter has been executed, any information you supply will not prohibit us from representing another person or entity in the same or substantially related matter, or prevent us from using that information in our representation of another person or entity. If you understand and accept the above terms and conditions of using this website and email to communicate with us, please hit the “Accept” button. Thank you.

Home Print Email Download PDF Share on Social Media

  • Profile
  • News
  • Events and Webinars
  • Articles
  • Honors & Affiliations
  • Representative Presentations
  • Other Activities
Education
  • New York University School of Law (L.L.M. in Taxation, 1984)
  • Western New England College School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1983)
  • Houghton College (B.A., with honors, 1980)
Bar/Court Admissions
  • New York
  • U.S. Tax Court
Practice
  • Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Related Practice Bios
  • Business and Transactions
  • Tax Law
  • Trust and Estate
Content Loading
  1. Home
  2. People
  3. Brian K. Haynes

Profile

Brian is an employee benefits and executive compensation attorney and co-chair of the firm’s tax practice.

With more than 35 years of experience, he primarily concentrates his practice on Taft-Hartley collectively bargained multiemployer pension and health and welfare plans; defending delinquent employer contribution actions and withdrawal liability assessments; defending mass withdrawal liability assessments and representing employers in potential settlements with the PBGC.

In company sales and acquisitions, Brian deals with employee benefits issues, including the planning for potential withdrawal liability often triggered by such transactions. For tax exempt organizations, he counsels on tax sheltered annuities, deferred compensation, and “church plans.” Brian also leads clients through the complex rules for estate and income tax planning for qualified retirement plans and IRAs and handles general trust and estate issues as well. He also advises on tax and corporate law opportunities and issues.

Brian was an adjunct professor in the Syracuse University School of Law teaching Deferred Compensation (ERISA) for almost 20 years and was an adjunct professor in the Syracuse University Legal Studies Program teaching Estates, Wills, and Trusts for more than 20 years. He served as Chair of the Life Insurance and Employee Benefits Committee of the Trust and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association for three years. Brian is a past Co-Chairman of the Plan Design and Qualification Subcommittee of the ABA Employee Benefits Committee and Co-Editor of the Plan Design and Administration and Special Taw Law Considerations Chapters for the original and First Edition of the ABA “Employee Benefits Law” treatise published by BNA. He has authored numerous articles on withdrawal liability and estate planning matters and is a frequent lecturer on a variety of topics, both at the state and national level. Brian also authored part of the original Chapter on “Withdrawal Liability” in this same BNA treatise.

102282---Brian-K

News

Events and Webinars

Articles

Honors & Affiliations

  • Listed in:
    • Best Lawyers in America® 2021, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law (listed for more than 10 years)
      • Best Lawyers Syracuse Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Lawyer of the Year, 2015, 2017, 2020
      • Best Lawyers Syracuse Tax Law Lawyer of the Year, 2017, 2019, 2021
    • New York Super Lawyers 2020®, Employee Benefits
    • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
  • Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel
  • American Bar Association, Labor Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee
  • New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Law Section, Insurance and Pension Committee; Former Chair, Life Insurance and Employee Benefits Committee
  • Strathmore's Who's Who, 2010 Professional of the Year for Employee Benefits Law

Representative Presentations

  • IRA Planning Under the Required Minimum Distribution Rules, Central New York Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance, November 22, 2019
  • Pension Protection Act and Withdrawal Liability, National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, September 2018
  • The Growing Employer Liabilities Associated with Participating in Collectively Bargained Multiemployer Pension Funds, Bond Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, January 2017
  • Bond's Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, Fall 2016
  • Multiemployer Pension Plans Strategy, Client Presentation, August 2016
  • The New Funding Rules Under the Pension Protection Act -- Hidden Employer Liabilities and Negotiation Strategies and Withdrawal Liability Under ERISA, Bond/Harbridge Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, June 2012
  • Financial Exposure Under the Pension Protection Act, FASB Disclosure Requirements and Withdrawal and Mass Withdrawal Liability Issues
  • Mass Withdrawal from Distressed Pension Plans, Iron Workers Attorneys Conference, April 2010
  • Pension Protection Act -- Collective Bargaining from the Employer's Standpoint, North American Iron Workers 2010 IMPACT Labor-Management Conference, February 2010
  • Marital Issues -- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, New York State Bar Association, September 2008

Other Activities

  • Board member, Hope for Bereaved, Inc.
ProfileToggle Button Closed

Brian is an employee benefits and executive compensation attorney and co-chair of the firm’s tax practice.

With more than 35 years of experience, he primarily concentrates his practice on Taft-Hartley collectively bargained multiemployer pension and health and welfare plans; defending delinquent employer contribution actions and withdrawal liability assessments; defending mass withdrawal liability assessments and representing employers in potential settlements with the PBGC.

In company sales and acquisitions, Brian deals with employee benefits issues, including the planning for potential withdrawal liability often triggered by such transactions. For tax exempt organizations, he counsels on tax sheltered annuities, deferred compensation, and “church plans.” Brian also leads clients through the complex rules for estate and income tax planning for qualified retirement plans and IRAs and handles general trust and estate issues as well. He also advises on tax and corporate law opportunities and issues.

Brian was an adjunct professor in the Syracuse University School of Law teaching Deferred Compensation (ERISA) for almost 20 years and was an adjunct professor in the Syracuse University Legal Studies Program teaching Estates, Wills, and Trusts for more than 20 years. He served as Chair of the Life Insurance and Employee Benefits Committee of the Trust and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association for three years. Brian is a past Co-Chairman of the Plan Design and Qualification Subcommittee of the ABA Employee Benefits Committee and Co-Editor of the Plan Design and Administration and Special Taw Law Considerations Chapters for the original and First Edition of the ABA “Employee Benefits Law” treatise published by BNA. He has authored numerous articles on withdrawal liability and estate planning matters and is a frequent lecturer on a variety of topics, both at the state and national level. Brian also authored part of the original Chapter on “Withdrawal Liability” in this same BNA treatise.

102282---Brian-K

NewsToggle Button Closed
Events and WebinarsToggle Button Closed
ArticlesToggle Button Closed
Honors & AffiliationsToggle Button Closed
  • Listed in:
    • Best Lawyers in America® 2021, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law (listed for more than 10 years)
      • Best Lawyers Syracuse Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Lawyer of the Year, 2015, 2017, 2020
      • Best Lawyers Syracuse Tax Law Lawyer of the Year, 2017, 2019, 2021
    • New York Super Lawyers 2020®, Employee Benefits
    • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
  • Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel
  • American Bar Association, Labor Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee
  • New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Law Section, Insurance and Pension Committee; Former Chair, Life Insurance and Employee Benefits Committee
  • Strathmore's Who's Who, 2010 Professional of the Year for Employee Benefits Law
Representative PresentationsToggle Button Closed
  • IRA Planning Under the Required Minimum Distribution Rules, Central New York Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance, November 22, 2019
  • Pension Protection Act and Withdrawal Liability, National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, September 2018
  • The Growing Employer Liabilities Associated with Participating in Collectively Bargained Multiemployer Pension Funds, Bond Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, January 2017
  • Bond's Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, Fall 2016
  • Multiemployer Pension Plans Strategy, Client Presentation, August 2016
  • The New Funding Rules Under the Pension Protection Act -- Hidden Employer Liabilities and Negotiation Strategies and Withdrawal Liability Under ERISA, Bond/Harbridge Statewide Pension Fund Seminar, June 2012
  • Financial Exposure Under the Pension Protection Act, FASB Disclosure Requirements and Withdrawal and Mass Withdrawal Liability Issues
  • Mass Withdrawal from Distressed Pension Plans, Iron Workers Attorneys Conference, April 2010
  • Pension Protection Act -- Collective Bargaining from the Employer's Standpoint, North American Iron Workers 2010 IMPACT Labor-Management Conference, February 2010
  • Marital Issues -- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, New York State Bar Association, September 2008
Other Activities Toggle Button Closed
  • Board member, Hope for Bereaved, Inc.
Education
  • New York University School of Law (L.L.M. in Taxation, 1984)
  • Western New England College School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1983)
  • Houghton College (B.A., with honors, 1980)
Bar/Court Admissions
  • New York
  • U.S. Tax Court
Practice
  • Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Related Practice Bios
  • Business and Transactions
  • Tax Law
  • Trust and Estate
© 2021 Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map
  • Subscribe
  • Contact Us
  • Cookie and Similar Technologies Policy