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Jamie L. Leary

Education

  • J.D. University of Virginia
    B.A. Marshall University

Bar Admissions

  • West Virginia

Recent Publications By Jamie L. Leary

Change is Coming to Your Health Plan,
November 4, 2010
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Jamie L. Leary
Of Counsel

Jamie L. Leary
Of Counsel

Jamie Leary counsels corporate clients on a wide variety of ERISA and employee benefits issues, drafts plan documents and employee communications for pension and welfare plans, advises on day-to-day benefits issues; and prepares governmental filings for qualified and non-qualified plans. She also has experience in reviewing executive compensation issues and advising on fiduciary regulation matters.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Draft employee benefit plans to correspond with employers’ desires to offer retirement, health insurance, tuition reimbursement and other benefits
  • Counseled employers concerning the interplay of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, and other federal laws such as FMLA, HIPAA, COBRA, ADA and WV WPCA, and assisted plan sponsors in making sense of the rules and regulations that govern
  • Assisted plan sponsors in identifying and correcting errors in qualified retirement plans in accordance with US Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service requirements

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2008
    Steptoe & Johnson
  • 2002-2004
    Steptoe & Johnson
  • 1999-2002
    Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA
  • 1997-1999
    Law Clerk, The Honorable Charles H. Haden, II, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Taxation Section, American Bar Association
  • Labor Section, American Bar Association
  • 1997, Order of the Coif, University of Virginia School of Law
  • 1996, Notes Editor, Virginia Law Review
  • 1993, Summa cum Laude, B.A., Marshall University
  • 1993, Society of Yeager Scholars

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Ms. Leary has lectured on employee benefits issues, including HIPAA compliance.