  
Kamensky Rubinstein Hochman & Delott, LLP is nationally recognized as a leader in the ever-changing pension and employee benefits fields. Our full service Employee Benefits Group is a pacesetter in these highly technical fields. The sophistication and experience of our Employee Benefits Group allows us to provide plan design services more expansive than those provided by other law firms which enables us to meet our clients' objectives. Attorneys in our Employee Benefits Group have developed substantial expertise in the area of affiliated service groups. One of our partners was appointed Task Force Chair of the American Bar Association's Tax Section, responsible for ABA affiliated service group issues. Another Kamensky Rubinstein Hochman & Delott attorney has served as the only attorney member of the Education and Examination Committee of the American Society of Pension Actuaries (ASPA), which tests aspiring actuaries and pension consultants seeking to obtain professional accreditation by ASPA. We pride ourselves in our ability to identify, address and resolve the most challenging and complex Employee Benefits issues.
A sample of our services includes:
- Plan and implement sophisticated retirement plan structures, taking into account affiliated service groups, management organization and/or leasing company rules.
- Develop retirement plans to fit our clients' needs and budgets, including 401(k), age weighted, cross-tested and super integrated profit sharing plans, cash balance and other types of defined benefit pension plans, money purchase pension plans, target benefit plans and employee stock ownership plans.
- Obtain Internal Revenue Service approval of individually designed plans and adoptions of our Firm's volume submitter retirement plans.
- Develop non-qualified employee benefit programs.
- Review and analyze distributions from plans to maximize retirement benefits and minimize taxes.
- Represent clients in all phases of IRS and Department of Labor audits.
- Assist plan administrators regarding plan maintenance.
- Maintain plan qualification through use of various IRS programs, such as the Voluntary Compliance Program.
- Represent clients in connection with delinquent Annual Reports (Form 5500) under the Delinquent Filers Voluntary Compliance Program.
- Represent plan fiduciaries before the Department of Labor under the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program.
- Advise clients on full or partial plan terminations, obtain approval of plan terminations by the IRS and PBGC and prepare documentation for participant distribution and loans.
- Develop welfare benefit plans, including cafeteria plans, medical expense reimbursement plans and voluntary employee beneficiary associations.
- Litigate employee benefit claims and fiduciary liability issues, and protect plan assets from creditors.
- Represent clients before the Department of Labor in connection with prohibited transaction exemption requests.
- Represent clients before the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration in civil and criminal investigations of plan operations and service providers.
- Assist plan administrators in the review of Domestic Relations Orders and processing of Qualified Domestic Relations Orders.
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