Profile

Stephen is chair of the firm's employee benefits and executive compensation practice and practices in all areas of employee benefits and executive compensation law, including qualified and non-qualified pension and welfare benefit plans.

His areas of experience include: stock-based plans and arrangements (such as stock bonus plans, ESOPs, stock option plans, and phantom stock plans); tax-sheltered annuity plans for tax-exempt organizations; group-term life insurance plans; insured and self-funded group health plans; severance and early retirement incentive plans; executive employment and deferred compensation agreements; change of control ("golden parachute") arrangements; and ERISA litigation.