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Ms. Hunter is the leader of Dykema's Employee Benefits Practice Group. She focuses on the design, implementation and administration of pension plans, welfare plans, fringe benefit plans, stock compensation plans and executive compensation arrangements for publicly owned, nonprofit and governmental employers. She also performs compliance audits on employee benefit plans and counsels clients regarding voluntary and involuntary compliance programs sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor. In addition, Ms. Hunter advises clients on employee benefit plan issues in the context of mergers and acquisitions.
Seminars and Speeches
2006 Use of Equity Compensation in Emerging Businesses
2006 Hot Topics - Five 409A Issues
2005 Deferred Compensation Under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
2005 Change in Control Benefit Plan Tax and ERISA Issues
2004 Future of Early Retirement Programs
2003 Fiduciary Duties Under Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans
2001 Primer on Employee Stock Options
2001 EGTRRA Changes to Defined Contribution, 401(k) and 457 Plans
2000 Is Your Severance Pay Policy Subject to ERISA?
1998 Negotiating Executive Contracts and Compensation
1998 Impact of Recent Legislation on Governmental Employee Benefit Plans
Professional Associations
Michigan State Bar
Virginia State Bar
IRS Great Lakes Tax Exempt/Employee Plans Council - Employee Plans Liaison Member from Michigan
National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP)
Michigan Employee Benefits Conference (MEBC)
Civic and Cultural Involvements
Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce Pension Committee
Duke University Alumni Admissions Committee of Detroit
Past President, Duke University Alumni Club of Detroit
Past Chairperson, Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce Membership Products Advisory Committee
Awards
Named a 2006 Michigan Super Lawyer by Law & Politics
Recognized by Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers 2006-2007 (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation)
Best Brief and Oralist Awards - Appellate Advocacy I, Vanderbilt University Law School.
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