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Karen Martinez focuses on the design and compliance issues of health and welfare benefit plans. Karen advises employers with respect to the Affordable Care Act, COBRA, HIPAA, MHPAEA, privacy, tax, and ERISA issues with respect to group health plans as well as severance, cafeteria plans, disability, and other welfare plans. She also negotiates service agreements, prepares plan documents, SPDs and employee communications, and advises employers on welfare benefit issues with respect to mergers and acquisitions. Karen is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*
Experience
Advise employers with respect to penalties proposed by the IRS under the Affordable Care Act.
Assisted a large employer in terminating its retiree medical program and preparing the required documentation and communications.
Consolidated the welfare programs maintained by a large employer to ensure consistency and compliance among its various subsidiaries.
Provide counsel to a large employer on day-to-day compliance and design issues that arise with respect to its broad welfare plan programs.
New York University School of Law J.D. (1989)
Dartmouth College A.B. (1986)
cum laude
Georgia (1992)
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