Henry Talavera

Henry Talavera is a member of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice group. Henry has a broad-based, comprehensive practice which involves all areas of employee benefits law. He advises public, private, and tax-exempt employers on the design, implementation, and administration of all types of welfare plans and tax-qualified retirement plans (including defined benefit, 401(k), 403(b) and 457(b)). Henry has substantial experience working on executive compensation and employment agreements, including equity compensation and deferred compensation arrangements for partnerships. Henry represents clients before the IRS and U.S. Department of Labor with respect to employee benefit plan audits and voluntary correction procedure filings, and drafting and negotiating terms of merger and acquisition agreements. Henry also has extensive experience counseling clients with respect to Federal health care and related laws impacting an employer’s medical plans, including, but not limited to, HIPAA privacy. 

Memberships and Affiliations:

• American Bar Association Employee Benefit Plans and Other Compensation Arrangements Group Section of Real Property, 
• Trust & Estate Law Group Vice Chair, 
• 2011-2012 State Bar of Texas Tax Section Employee Benefits Committee, Vice Chair, 
• 2010-2012 Dallas Bar Association Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation Section, Chair, 
• 1996 The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel Fellow, 
• 2011 SouthWest Benefits Association Board of Directors, 
• 2011-2012 Gulf Coast Area TE/GE Council Chair 
• 2009-2010 Distinctions Selected for inclusion Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 
• 2008-present Selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine, 
• 2007-2012 Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 
• 2006-2013, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law