hero_pattern.png

Harris Ingram LLP

Business + Intellectual Property Attorneys

Creative & Cost-effective Benefits Solutions

Burns Law, LLC is an ERISA and employee benefits law firm providing private and public employers cost-effective counsel on all aspects of their employee benefits plans.  Based in Northeast Ohio, we have experience counseling employers throughout the state of Ohio and nationwide; including Fourtune 500 companies, large health systems, small closely-held businesses and public school districts.  

We provide creative solutions to complex benefits needs on an economical basis.

Contact

➤ LOCATION

6265 Daisy Blvd., Independence OH 44131

☎ CONTACT

kburns@burnsbenefitslaw.com
(614) 353-5759

Areas of Practice


Retirement plans

  • Design, draft, implement, and terminate plans
  • ERISA and IRC compliance
  • Correct plan errors, including correction filings under the IRS Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS)
  • RFPs for TPAs and other third-party service providers
  • Internal self-audits
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • DOL/IRS audits
  • Summary plan descriptions and other required participant disclosures
  • 403(b) and 457(b) plans
  • Cash-balance plans
  • Withdrawal liability
  • ESOPs
  • Reporting and disclosure

investment & Compensation committees

  • Committee charter and by-laws
  • Fiduciary training
  • Investment policies
  • Plan fees
  • RFPs for third-party service providers (investment advisors, TPAs, broker/consultants, trustees)
  • Committee advisory services

Health & welfare plans

  • Design, draft, implement, and terminate plans
  • ACA and ERISA compliance
  • Third-party service contracts
  • Wrap documents and summary plan descriptions
  • RFPs for broker/consultant
  • COBRA
  • HIPAA
  • Internal self-audits
  • Open enrollment notices and other participant disclosures
  • DOL/IRS audits
  • ACA employer penalties
  • PBM contracts


executive compensation

  • 409A and 457(f) plans
  • Top hat plan filings
  • Employment agreements
  • Stock award agreements
  • Retention programs and agreements
  • Performance awards