Carol Buckmann, Pensions & Benefits, Cohen & Buckmann PC

Carol has practised in the employee benefits field for over 30 years, advising clients on all aspects of employee benefits and retirement plans, including questions relating to 401(k), defined benefit and employee stock ownership plans, welfare plans, fiduciary responsibility, prohibited transactions and plan asset issues arising in investment fund formation. She specializes in drafting qualified retirement plans and obtaining Internal Revenue Service approval of new plans, plan restatements and plan amendments, advising on plan compliance and IRS audits. Carol also has extensive experience in drafting non-qualified supplemental executive pension plans designed to provide benefits to selected executives in excess of those permitted to be paid by tax qualified plans and drafting and reviewing plans of tax-exempt employers.