Karen N. Brandon

Karen N. Brandon advises employers and trustees on their responsibilities in sponsoring and administering all types of qualified and non-qualified retirement plans and health and welfare benefit plans. She has particular experience designing plans funded with employer stock, such as ESOPs, and has provided advice on employee benefit matters in the context of mergers and acquisitions. Her practice has included representation of employers during the audit of their benefit plans before the IRS, DOL and PBGC. In addition, she has assisted employers with compliance with the privacy laws affecting their health benefit plans. Ms. Brandon is a 1999 graduate of the American University Washington College of Law.