Husch Blackwell LLP

Husch Blackwell LLP‘s employee benefits and executive compensation practice works with both consumers – employers and in-house fiduciaries – and producers – banks, investment funds, plan sponsors – of benefit, compensation and retirement plans in order to provide a comprehensive service to clients. Kansas City’s Craig Kovarik leads the group, whose broad experience covers equity-based compensation, employee incentive plans, and non-qualified compensation arrangements. St. Louis’ Alan Kandel leads on ESOPs, phantom equity and fringe benefit plans, while Milwaukee’s David Eckhardt deals with a broad range of plan design and implementation as well as regulatory and tax compliance. Denver’s Molly Hobbs is an expert on how benefit and retirement plans are affected by ERISA, ACA, and HIPAA regulations.