Potts-Dupre, Hawkins & Kramer, Chartered is a boutique law firm specializing in employee benefits law, with a distinguished reputation for representing multiemployer and single employer benefit funds. The firm stands out for its deep expertise in ERISA, fiduciary law, and complex benefit plan administration, serving some of the nation’s largest Taft-Hartley plans, including those affiliated with the IBEW and NECA.
The firm’s attorneys bring decades of collective experience advising trustees and fund staff on legal, governance, and compliance matters. They are known for their hands-on approach, regularly attending trustee meetings and providing strategic counsel on plan design, regulatory compliance, and litigation. Their client base primarily includes multiemployer pension, health and welfare, and apprenticeship funds, as well as single employer plans and tax-exempt organizations.
Services Offered
- Advising on ERISA, USERRA, FMLA, COBRA, HIPAA, and PPACA compliance
- Preparation and amendment of plan documents
- IRS tax qualification and determination letters
- Investment advisory and service provider contract preparation and analysis
- Litigation of benefit claims, delinquent contributions, and withdrawal liability
- Representation in IRS and Department of Labor audits
- Requests for prohibited transaction exemptions
- Fiduciary responsibility counseling
- Subrogation and reimbursement enforcement
- Plan design and establishment for health and welfare plans
- Negotiation of contracts with third-party administrators, record keepers, and insurers
- Corporate governance advice for tax-exempt organizations
- Executive compensation planning
- Handling of unrelated business taxable income issues
- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs)
- Appellate and trial litigation in federal and state courts
- HIPAA privacy compliance
- Affordable Care Act implementation and counseling
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The firm is based in Washington, D.C., and its attorneys are admitted to practice in multiple jurisdictions, including the District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Virginia, and California, with extensive experience appearing before federal courts and agencies nationwide.
