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Areas of Practice:
Employee Benefits-Retirement, Health & Welfare
Executive Compensation
Mr. Hurst is a partner in the firm and has practiced in the Employee Benefits Practice Group for over 25 years. Mr. Hurst is currently co-head of the Employee Benefits Practice Group. Mr. Hurst's practice includes extensive experience in the design, implementation and administration of tax-qualified retirement plans (including defined benefit pension plans, profit sharing plans, 401(k) plans and ESOPs), nonqualified deferred compensation plans and health and welfare plans for financial institutions, regular business organizations, professional corporations, governmental and non-profit organizations. He assists both plan sponsors and fiduciaries with regulatory compliance with both ERISA and HIPAA and also with state and federal tax issues and local legislation which afects retirement and welfare plans. In addition, he acts as counsel to plan sponsors and fiduciaries with respect to ERISA controversies and litigation.
Year Joined Organization:
1980
Bar Admissions:
Arkansas, 1980
U.S. Tax Court, 1981
Education:
New York University School of Law, New York, NY , 1981
LL.M. Tax, Master of Law(s) in Taxation
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, AR , 1980
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: With Honors
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1977
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: Business
Minor: Accounting
Minor: Computer Science
Representative Clients:
Dillard's, Inc.
Entergy Corporation
Stephens Inc.
Acxiom Corporation
Baptist Health
Arkansas Children's Hospital
State of Arkansas Deferred Compensation Plan
Arkansas Best Corporation
Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation
Honors and Awards:
The Best Lawyers in America under Employee Benefits, 1989 - Present
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Arkansas Bar Association, 1980 - Present Member
American Bar Association, Tax Section, 1980 - Present Member
Pulaski County Bar Association, 1980 - Present Member
Southwest Benefits Association Member
ESOP Association Member
American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries, 1999 - Present
Associated Professional Member
National Association of Stock Plan Professionals Member
The Gulf Coast Area TE/GE Council, 2001 - Present Member
PWBA Dallas Regional Office Practitioner Group, 2001 - Present Member
Second Presbyterian Church
Quapaw Council, Boy Scouts of America, 2000 - Present Board Member
The Arkansas Arts Center, 2001 - Present Trustee
Fraternities/Sororities:
Kappa Sigma
Phi Delta Phi
Birth Information:
May 26, 1955, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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