Thompson's HR Compliance Expert | 401(k) Plan Requirements
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Thompson’s HR Compliance Expert | 401(k) Plan Requirements is the most comprehensive and easy-to-use resource of its kind. Thompson Information Services specifically designed this new digital research library to help you easily navigate the complex web of compliance challenges. As 401(k) plans face more scrutiny and complex fee disclosure obligations, this is the one-stop resource for guidance on how to manage new obligations and deal with day-to-day issues regarding plan design and administration, contributions, nondiscrimination testing, reporting requirements and more.
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Authors and Editors
Arris Reddick Murphy is an attorney with experience in the employee benefits and executive compensation practice area, and she is senior counsel with FedEx Corporation's Tax & Employee Benefits Law group. Before joining FedEx, Ms. Murphy held the position of associate with the law firm of Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, and worked in-house with The Vanguard Group, and the City of Philadelphia as counsel to its Board of Pensions and Retirement. She is contributing editor of Thompson's The 401(k) Handbook.
Martha Priddy Patterson is director of benefits policy analysis for Deloitte & Touche L.L.P.'s Human Capital Advisory Services in Washington, D.C. Ms. Patterson is the author of such publications as "Retirement Plan Basics: Selecting Programs That Support Organization Objectives" (American Compensation Association), and The New Working Woman's Guide to Retirement Planning (University of Pennsylvania Press). Ms. Patterson is a Ms. Patterson is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Texas School of Law and a member of the D.C., Virginia and Texas bars. Martha Priddy Patterson is contributing editor of The 401(k) Plan Handbook.
Joseph S. Hessenthaler, Contributing Editor to The 401(k) Handbook, is a Principal of Towers Perrin in the firm’s Philadelphia consulting office, where he specializes in employee and executive retirement benefits. He holds a B.S. degree in mathematics from Trinity College and a law degree from Harvard Law School. Before joining Towers Perrin, Mr. Hessenthaler was a tax partner in a national law firm, where he specialized in employee benefits and executive compensation. He is a frequent speaker on employee benefit matters.
Paul M. Hamburger is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of the law firm Proskauer Rose LLP. Mr. Hamburger has more than 25 years of experience in advising employers and administrators, and is the author of numerous articles and publications on COBRA and other employee benefits issues affecting pension and welfare plans. He is a 1983 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. Mr. Hamburger is author and contributing editor of Mandated Health Benefits — The COBRA Guide; co-author of The New Health Care Reform Law: What Employers Need to Know (A Q&A Guide), 3rd Edition; and author of the Pension Plan Fix-It Handbook and Guide to Assigning and Loaning Benefit Plan Money, all published by Thompson Publishing Group.
Editorial Advisory Board for the The 401(k) Handbook
Joseph S. Adams
McDermott Will & Emery
Chicago, IL
Karen Kay Barnes
Managing Counsel
McDonald's Corporation
Oak Brook, IL
Rosemary Becchi
Patton Boggs
Washington, DC
Paul Hamburger
Proskauer Rose LLP
Washington, DC
Michael Melbinger
Winston & Strawn
Chicago, IL
Arris Reddick Murphy
FedEx Corporation
Memphis, TN
C. Frederick Reish
Drinker, Biddle & Reath
Los Angeles, CA
William F. Sweetnam, Jr.
The Groom Law Group
Washington, DC
Nicholas J. White
Musick, Peeler & Garrett
Los Angeles, CA
David Wray
Littleton, CO