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Practice Expertise
Areas of Practice
- Executive Compensation / Employee Benefits
- Tax
- Transactional ESOP
Profile
Baker's practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation, including qualified and nonqualified retirement and deferred compensation plans, equity-based compensation programs, and welfare and fringe benefit programs.
Relevant Experience
- Designed retirement plans for public and non-public businesses, tax exempt organizations and governmental units.
- Designed stock ownership plans, including C Corporation and S Corporation ESOPs and KSOPs.
- Advised clients on Section 1042 transactions.
- Advised clients on cafeteria and welfare benefit plans.
- Represented clients in Internal Revenue Service examinations and in correction procedures related to plan disqualification issues.
- Represented clients in Department of Labor investigations.
- Advised both employers and third party record keepers in negotiations on administration contracts.
Bar Admissions
Education
LLM, SMU Dedman School of Law, 1985JD, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, magna cum laude, Notes and Development Editor, Indiana Law Review, 1975BA, Political Science, University of Houston, magna cum laude, 1972
Areas of Practice
- Executive Compensation / Employee Benefits
- Tax
- Transactional ESOP
Blogs
C-Suite Compensation Center
C-Suite Compensation
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