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Deborah R. Willig
Deborah R. Willig

Managing Partner

Stuart W. Davidson
Stuart W. Davidson

Partner

Deborah M. Lerner
Deborah M. Lerner

Of Counsel

Irwin W. Aronson
Irwin W. Aronson

Partner

James S. Beall
James S. Beall

Partner

Louise “Wendy” F. Pongracz
Louise “Wendy” F. Pongracz

Partner

Susan Bahme Blumenfeld
Susan Bahme Blumenfeld

Partner

Linda M. Martin
Linda M. Martin

Counsel

Kelly A. Brogan
Kelly A. Brogan

Partner

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  • 15 Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Named Among 2021 ‘Best Lawyers in America,’ Nancy B.G. Lassen Named ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in Philadelphia Labor Law
  • Partner Irwin Aronson Discusses Benefits of Entering the Building Trades on Building PA Podcast
  • Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Speak at IFEBP Certification Program
  • Philadelphia Employee Benefits Attorneys Stuart W. Davidson and Louise “Wendy” Pongracz Present at Annual Conference of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
  • IRS Does Not Extend Eased Tax Reporting Requirements: Taxpayers Must Report Whether They Had Health Coverage When Filing 2017 Taxes
  • The Big Danger to the Insurance Market from the Washington’s game of ‘hot potato’ over the replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • Cadillac Tax Delayed: What It Means for Unions
  • IRS Extends Deadlines for ACA Reporting
  • Philadelphia Labor and Employment Lawyer Stuart W. Davidson Appointed to Chair IFEBP Committee
  • Coming Soon: Forms Related to ObamaCare’s ‘Individual Mandate’
  • SCOTUS Upholds Healthcare Subsidies for Millions of Americans
  • Louise Pongracz Addresses Health Care Reform Excise Tax and Labor Unions with Business Insurance Magazine
  • Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorney Lauren M. Hoye to Serve as a Panelist for Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown’s Brown Bag Lunch Series
  • Employers and Unions Must Prepare for ‘Cadillac Tax’
  • Bankruptcy Ruling Puts Union Pensions at Risk
  • Here’s How the American Rescue Plan Delivers for Pennsylvania
  • ARPA: Subsidized COBRA Coverage and Extensions of ERISA Deadlines
  • What Does the ‘No Surprises Act’ Mean for Patients?
  • 15 Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Named Among 2021 ‘Best Lawyers in America,’ Nancy B.G. Lassen Named ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in Philadelphia Labor Law
  • Supreme Court Issues Employee Benefits Decisions in the 2019-2020 Term
  • Pennsylvania Unemployment Insurance for Employees Working Short-Time
  • What Are My Rights to Get Health Care from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace if I Lose My Health Care Coverage from My Job?
  • Partner Irwin Aronson Discusses Benefits of Entering the Building Trades on Building PA Podcast
  • Do Multiemployer Health and Welfare Funds Have to Provide Paid Sick Leave and Paid Family Leave Under the FFCRA to Their Participants?
  • Health Benefits and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  • U.S. Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Revised 3.24.20)
  • The New ACA ‘Decision’ by Judge Reed O’Connor: What You Need to Know Now
  • Third Circuit Rejects Employer Attempt to Shift Withdrawal Liability to Teamsters Union
  • Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Speak at IFEBP Certification Program
  • Philadelphia Employee Benefits Attorneys Stuart W. Davidson and Louise “Wendy” Pongracz Present at Annual Conference of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
  • IRS Does Not Extend Eased Tax Reporting Requirements: Taxpayers Must Report Whether They Had Health Coverage When Filing 2017 Taxes
  • The Big Danger to the Insurance Market from the Washington’s game of ‘hot potato’ over the replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • Cadillac Tax Delayed: What It Means for Unions
  • IRS Extends Deadlines for ACA Reporting
  • Philadelphia Labor and Employment Lawyer Stuart W. Davidson Appointed to Chair IFEBP Committee
  • Coming Soon: Forms Related to ObamaCare’s ‘Individual Mandate’
  • SCOTUS Upholds Healthcare Subsidies for Millions of Americans
  • Louise Pongracz Addresses Health Care Reform Excise Tax and Labor Unions with Business Insurance Magazine
  • Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorney Lauren M. Hoye to Serve as a Panelist for Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown’s Brown Bag Lunch Series
  • Employers and Unions Must Prepare for ‘Cadillac Tax’
  • Bankruptcy Ruling Puts Union Pensions at Risk
Deborah R. Willig
Deborah R. Willig

Managing Partner

Stuart W. Davidson
Stuart W. Davidson

Partner

Deborah M. Lerner
Deborah M. Lerner

Of Counsel

Irwin W. Aronson
Irwin W. Aronson

Partner

James S. Beall
James S. Beall

Partner

Louise “Wendy” F. Pongracz
Louise “Wendy” F. Pongracz

Partner

Susan Bahme Blumenfeld
Susan Bahme Blumenfeld

Partner

Linda M. Martin
Linda M. Martin

Counsel

Kelly A. Brogan
Kelly A. Brogan

Partner

The attorneys in the Willig, Williams & Davidson Employee Benefits Group understand that quality health care and a secure retirement are the most important things that labor unions offer to America’s working families. We therefore have committed ourselves to providing the highest level of representation to Taft-Hartley pension and welfare trust funds, and to unions that negotiate for their members’ benefits.

Our Benefits Group provides legal services in connection with the establishment and maintenance of a wide variety of pension, profit sharing, health and welfare, severance, training and education plans, for public and private, single and multi-employer funds. This includes counseling and advice relating to the applicable requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code and the Taft-Hartley Act, The Pension Protection Act, guidance in plan formation and design, and advice in problems of fund administration, including eligibility, coverage, and investment issues. We also offer advice on employee benefit issues arising in corporate restructuring, including divestitures, mergers, plan shutdowns, spinoffs, bankruptcy reorganizations, and plan terminations.

We negotiate contracts with service providers, including investments in private equity, hedge funds, real estate and openly-traded securities. We advise funds under audit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). We counsel funds on all issues of day-to-day operations, including participant communications, claims adjudication, COBRA, HIPAA, and cafeteria plan administration.

We work closely with our clients’ professional advisors, accountants and actuaries to design employee benefit plans and to secure favorable tax treatment with respect to the formation and subsequent proper operation of these employee benefit plans. We are not content just to copy IRS model language into our plan documents. All of our clients require plan documents that comply with the law. But we believe they also deserve plan documents that clearly reflect the terms of their bargain and that provide a workable blueprint for plan administration.

We also represent our union and trust fund clients by: (1) developing innovative benefit proposals to resolve bargaining impasses successfully; (2) representing them in all forms of benefits litigation — including trustee-deadlock arbitrations, lawsuits against former plan providers, and contribution delinquency actions against employers; (3) handling benefit related grievance arbitrations and unfair labor practice proceedings; and (4) preparing and presenting benefit issues before interest arbitration panels.

Our lawyers regularly serve as lecturers at employee benefit law institutes and seminars and prepare educational training for clients in the employee benefits area.

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  • Articles + News Coverage
  • ARPA: Subsidized COBRA Coverage and Extensions of ERISA Deadlines
  • Here’s How the American Rescue Plan Delivers for Pennsylvania
  • What Does the ‘No Surprises Act’ Mean for Patients?
  • Do Multiemployer Health and Welfare Funds Have to Provide Paid Sick Leave and Paid Family Leave Under the FFCRA to Their Participants?
  • What Are My Rights to Get Health Care from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace if I Lose My Health Care Coverage from My Job?
  • 15 Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Named Among 2021 ‘Best Lawyers in America,’ Nancy B.G. Lassen Named ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in Philadelphia Labor Law
  • Partner Irwin Aronson Discusses Benefits of Entering the Building Trades on Building PA Podcast
  • Supreme Court Issues Employee Benefits Decisions in the 2019-2020 Term
  • Pennsylvania Unemployment Insurance for Employees Working Short-Time
  • Health Benefits and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  • U.S. Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Revised 3.24.20)
  • Third Circuit Rejects Employer Attempt to Shift Withdrawal Liability to Teamsters Union
  • The New ACA ‘Decision’ by Judge Reed O’Connor: What You Need to Know Now
  • Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Speak at IFEBP Certification Program
  • Philadelphia Employee Benefits Attorneys Stuart W. Davidson and Louise “Wendy” Pongracz Present at Annual Conference of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
  • IRS Does Not Extend Eased Tax Reporting Requirements: Taxpayers Must Report Whether They Had Health Coverage When Filing 2017 Taxes
  • The Big Danger to the Insurance Market from the Washington’s game of ‘hot potato’ over the replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • Cadillac Tax Delayed: What It Means for Unions
  • IRS Extends Deadlines for ACA Reporting
  • Philadelphia Labor and Employment Lawyer Stuart W. Davidson Appointed to Chair IFEBP Committee
  • Coming Soon: Forms Related to ObamaCare’s ‘Individual Mandate’
  • SCOTUS Upholds Healthcare Subsidies for Millions of Americans
  • Louise Pongracz Addresses Health Care Reform Excise Tax and Labor Unions with Business Insurance Magazine
  • Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorney Lauren M. Hoye to Serve as a Panelist for Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown’s Brown Bag Lunch Series
  • Employers and Unions Must Prepare for ‘Cadillac Tax’
  • Bankruptcy Ruling Puts Union Pensions at Risk

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