Tina’s practice focuses on all aspects of employee benefits law relating to tax-qualified retirement plans (including 401(k) plans, pension plans, ESOPs and cash balance plans), non-qualified deferred compensation plans, welfare plans and executive and stock-based compensation. 

Representative Experience
Advises clients with respect to the design, implementation and administration of pension and welfare benefit plans.

Drafts plan and plan-related disclosures (including certain securities disclosures).

Advises clients with respect to the fiduciary standards under ERISA.

Advises clients on all aspects of executive compensation including the design, disclosure and implementation of supplemental executive retirement plans, excess benefit plans and employment agreements.

Advises clients on the design and implementation of equity compensation plans, including stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, phantom stock and stock appreciation rights.

Advises clients with respect to compliance with Code Section 409A.

Negotiates and coordinates employee benefits issues arising in mergers, acquisitions and other corporate transactions.

Advises clients on change in control and severance matters, including golden parachute issues.

Presentations, Speaking Engagements and Articles
Employee Benefits Updates, Troutman Sanders Annual Labor and Employment Seminar, November 2008.

COBRA Presentation for the Center for Employee Management, February 2005.

Guest speaker regarding benefits and tax issues related to independent contractors on “The Layman’s Lawyer” (PBS), March 2004.

"Are 409A Issues Lurking in Your Compensation Arrangements? A 101 Primer for Employers on Section 409A," May 2009.