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Tom counsels publicly and closely-held companies on employee benefits and executive compensation issues. He counsels them on developing executive compensation plans, qualified and nonqualified employee benefit plans, health benefit and incentive plans, and employment and related agreements. He also assists companies with tax issues related to retirement planning, employee stock ownership plans, stock option and restricted stock plans. Tom serves as president of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel Board of Governors, an organization of 150 attorneys who have focused on employee benefits for at least 20 years and have written or spoken extensively on employee benefit issues. He has been extremely active in the American Bar Association (ABA), including serving as the chairman of its joint committee on employee benefits, chair of the Tax Section’s employee benefits committee, past member of the Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, and as chair of the committee on plan terminations and mergers. Tom has also served as chair of the United States Chamber of Commerce Task Force on Qualified Plan Regulations, chair and executive committee member of the Midwest Pension Conference, and member of the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Group for two different IRS Commissioners. He has been listed as one of America's Leading Lawyers by Chambers USA. Tom has lectured at organizations such as the ABA, AICPA, ASPA, NYU Federal Tax Institute, International Bar Association, International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers, ALI ABA, and the Midwest Pension Conference. He has written on topics such as Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Executive Compensation, and Flexible Compensation. Tom has testified to the U.S. Congress Ways and Means Committee on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Tom began his tenure with Calfee in 1968. He became a partner in 1974 and has served as a member of the firm’s executive committee. | 