Bob Ellerbrock

Bob Ellerbrock focuses his practice on executive compensation, employee benefits, and ERISA. He regularly advises clients concerning qualified retirement plans (401(k), defined benefit, 403(b)), non-qualified plans, fringe benefits, health and welfare benefits, Affordable Care Act compliance, and executive compensation issues. Bob worked as a consultant in the retirement plan industry prior to practicing law and is able to draw on this experience when counseling clients to come up with practical solutions to their problems.

• Design and evaluation of 401(k) and 403(b) plans, profit-sharing plans, employee stock ownership plans, and other retirement plans including monitoring plans for ongoing regulatory compliance.
• Advise companies and individuals on the tax and corporate aspects of incentive arrangements, including supplemental executive retirement plans, performance-based programs, and non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements.
• Provide guidance and assistance to clients drafting various types of employment agreements.
• Successfully resolve issues for clients with the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor, and Pension and Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
• Counsel plan fiduciaries on their ERISA Title I responsibilities.
• Regularly advise employers, consultants, and others regarding the Affordable Care Act.
• Advise clients involved in mergers and acquisitions regarding the responsibilities of the employers and the rights of the employees.
• Perform due diligence reviews of employee benefit and executive compensation arrangements in mergers and acquisitions.
• Counsel employers involved in various labor and employment matters, including withdrawal liability/multiple and multiemployer pension plans, employee benefit aspects of collective bargaining, employment and compensation agreements, separation agreements, COBRA, and severance packages.