Support across employee benefits and tax matters

Colleen Essid counsels clients on a variety of labor and employment issues, including employee benefits and tax matters.

As a summer associate at a national law firm, Colleen gained experience in areas such as employee benefits, tax law, international law and corporate services. She also worked as a law clerk for a national law firm on tax and employee benefits matters and as a student extern for the IRS chief counsel on tax litigation issues. Prior to practicing law, Colleen supported multinational businesses’ global mobility objectives in implementing a variety of international relocation services.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Missouri

Education

• Creighton University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2012)

• Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2023)
  • International and Comparative Law Concentration
  • Saint Louis University Law Journal, staff editor
  • 1843 Scholar
  • 12 Academic Excellence Awards for Highest Grade in Class
  • Woolsack Honor Society

• Webster University (M.B.A., 2017)

• 2023 Year-End Employee Benefits Updates
• Deadline for Employers to Comply with Reproductive Health Care Privacy Changes – Dec. 22, 2024 
• Employer Provided Work-Life Referral Programs Considered Nontaxable Fringe Benefit
• Employer’s Duty to Monitor Retirement Plan’s New Investment Advice Fiduciaries
• Final Anti-Discrimination Rule Protecting Gender Identity May Indirectly Impact Employer Health Plans
• Navigating Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Relief: IRS Notice 2024-35
• The Top Five H-1B Cap Post-Season Considerations for Employers   
• Uncertain Future for ACA Preventive Services Mandate

Seminar

• Employer Health Plans: A New Arena for ERISA Fee Litigation