Nick regularly advises public, private and non-profit employers on the full spectrum of employee benefit and executive compensation matters arising under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. His employee benefits practice covers a wide range of traditional executive compensation and employee benefits matters along with a variety of interdisciplinary practice areas and industries that are affected by executive compensation and employee benefits laws.
Experience
- Qualified Retirement Plans: Advises clients on creation and maintenance of tax-qualified retirement plans such as defined benefit pension plans (including cash balance pension plans), 401(k) plans, profit-sharing plans, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and money purchase pension plans), which includes: submitting tax-qualified retirement plans to the IRS for favorable determination letters; preparation of participant communications and government filings; correcting plan document and operational errors under the Self Correction Program (SCP) and Voluntary Correction Program (VCP) under the IRS’ Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System; and assisting in the adjudication of participant claims.
- Executive Compensation: Advises clients on design, implement and maintain equity compensation plans, long-term incentive plans, bonus programs and non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements for executives, employees and non-employee directors and the drafting and preparation of proxy statements related to executive compensation matters.
- Health and Welfare Plans: Advises clients with regards to health and welfare documentation, Affordable Care Act compliance and penalty assessments, and excepted benefit documentation and design.
Insights
- Author, IRS Final Regulations on Catch-up Contributions — What Plan Sponsors Should Know, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, September 29, 2025
- Author, IRS Announces Cost of Living Adjustments for the 2025 Plan Year, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, November 8, 2024
- Author, Senior Living Alert – Church Plan Status: Employee Benefit Plan Administration for Senior Living Facilities Associated With Faith-Based Organizations, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, May 23, 2024
- Author, A New Frontier for ERISA Fee Suits: Group Health Plans, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, March 11, 2024
- Author, IRS Issues Interim Guidance Under Expanded EPCRS, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, June 9, 2023
- Recipient, Craig Sterne Memorial Award, University of Arkansas School of Law, 2022
- Selected as a Ron & Cassondra LeMay Business Law Fellow, University of Arkansas School of Law, 2022