Catherine T. Gonzalez

Catherine’s practice focuses on tax-qualified retirement plans, nonqualified plans for executives, including tax-exempt organizations, and welfare plans.

Her experience includes:

• Advising clients on plan design, qualification, operation, merger and termination.
• Drafting a wide range of retirement plan documents, including 401(k) and defined benefit plans and employee stock ownership plans.
• Representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service during the favorable determination letter process.
• Representing clients before the Department of Labor.
• Preparation of qualified domestic orders.
• Drafting stock option and nonqualified plans, including specialized plans for tax-exempt organizations.
• Advising employee welfare benefit plan clients on compliance with HIPAA’s privacy and security requirements.
• Advising corporate clients and plan committees regarding ERISA fiduciary responsibilities for plan administration and investments.
• Preparing “wrap-around” plan documents for group health plans and cafeteria plans.
• Facilitating conversion of plans to new prototype providers, trustees and record keepers.
• Performing due diligence in corporate stock and asset transactions.
• Reviewing “leased employee” status and qualified plan coverage issues.