BakerHostetler’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plans team is comprised of more than 10 attorneys serving clients of all sizes, in all industries, nationwide to deliver exceptional legal services in the health and welfare benefit plan space. We serve our clients’ needs – whether in strategy, compliance, controversy or otherwise – with a holistic yet efficient approach, ensuring a client’s business needs, industry, workforce and demographics are considered to support sound decision-making.
We are distinguished by our experience in representing stakeholders ranging from employers to insurers to administrators to governmental entities, which uniquely positions our team to advise clients not only about how they can respond today but also how to prepare for future challenges regarding compliance, cost and competition. We also have a keen awareness that there is no perfect, one-size-fits-all approach, which is why we also counsel sponsors, administrators and promoters of plans with special characteristics and needs, such as multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs), jointly trusteed Taft-Hartley welfare benefit funds and welfare benefit plans that prefund benefits through the use of a voluntary employees’ beneficiary association (VEBA).
Our team – robust both in size and experience – enables us to staff matters with the right people for the issue at hand and to effectively manage all of our clients’ health and welfare needs.