ERIC PALEY

Eric Paley is a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation team and serves as deputy practice group leader of the broader Labor & Employment Practice Group.

He focuses his practice on the law and regulations governing retirement plans (e.g., pension, profit-sharing, 401(k), and 403(b) plan compliance), welfare plans (e.g., group health plan, group insurance plan, cafeteria plan, HIPAA, and COBRA compliance), nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and equity compensation plans. A significant portion of Eric’s practice also involves counseling retirement plan committees on their fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA.

The vast majority of Eric’s clients are tax-exempt institutions—hospitals and health systems; colleges and universities; internationally known arts/cultural icons; trade organizations; and social welfare agencies—although he also represents both privately held and public for-profit companies.

Presentations

• Speaker, “Fiduciary Responsibility in the New Age of § 403(b) Plans,” Webinar, June 15, 2009.
• Speaker, “COBRA Changes Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,” Webinar, February 26, 2009.
• Speaker, “Controlling Health Care Costs,” Lorman Education Services, Providence, Rhode Island, September 25, 2008.
• Speaker, 403(b) Retirement Plan Summit, Pension & Investments Magazine, New York City, New York, April 8, 2008.
• Speaker, “The Law of Wellness,” Northern California Human Resources Association, Oakland, California, September 18, 2007.
• Speaker and Panelist, “Funding Vehicles and Cost-Containment Strategies,” 5th Annual Great Lakes Public Finance Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 15, 2006.
• Speaker, “Legal Issues Arising in the Modification and Termination of OPEB of Public Employees,” 2006 National Summit on GASB 43 & GASB 45, Arlington, Virginia, September 22, 2006.

Publications

• Coauthor, “Stage Set for Supreme Court to Consider ERISA Preemption of San Francisco ‘Pay or Play’ Law as Ninth Cuircuit Denies Rehearing En Banc,” Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin, April 2009.
• Author, “EACA Withdrawals,” Journal of Pension Benefits, Spring 2008.
• Coauthor, “Health Care Reform in the Workplace: Everything Old Is New Again,” HR West Magazine, December 2007.
• Author, “Taxation of Roth Distributions,” Journal of Pension Benefits, Summer 2007.
• Author, “Nonspousal IRAs,” Journal of Pension Benefits, Spring 2007.