Thorough, experienced guidance on employee benefits, executive compensation

Sarah Sise helps clients navigate the challenging regulatory environment associated with employee benefits and executive compensation. She is particularly experienced at assisting clients with design and administration of qualified retirement plans, nonqualified arrangements, welfare and fringe benefit plans, and executive compensation programs, in addition to guiding clients through plan audits and service provider changes. Sarah advises an array of clients, including private and public companies and tax-exempt organizations. She also advises entities that are 100% or otherwise significantly owned by employee stock ownership plans (ESOP).

Sarah keeps abreast of the frequent law and regulatory changes in the employee benefits space and understands it is critical to a client’s business that the complexities with these tax laws be applied in practical ways. She works with clients to manage the risks associated with benefit and compensation arrangements in a way that works for their business.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• Missouri

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997)
  • Order of the Coif

• Maryville University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1994)
  • Actuarial Science

• 2023 Year-End Employee Benefits Updates
• Carolyn McAllister, Sarah Sise Author Article for BenefitsPRO About Recent and Future Trends in Employee Benefits
• 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
• IRS Extends Compliance Date for Roth Catch-up Contributions Until Jan. 1, 2026
• Navigating Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Relief: IRS Notice 2024-35
• Uncertain Future for ACA Preventive Services Mandate
• Updates on SECURE 2.0, the Employee Retention Credit and the Preventive Services Mandate

Seminar

• Employee Mobility: Immigration and Benefits Issues to Consider for a Remote and Mobile Workforce
• Employer Health Plans: A New Arena for ERISA Fee Litigation
• Honoring Women’s Health Month: Impactful Legal Developments Affecting Women in the Labor, Employment and Benefits Space
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Webinar Replay
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Webinar Replay
• Quarles' Annual Legal Ethics Seminar Webinar Replay
• SECURE Act 2.0—What’s Effective Now and Planning for 2024
• Service Provider Panel: Secure 2.0 and All Things Implementation
• The Founder’s Toolkit: L&E Basics for Start-Ups