Mr. Robinson works in the areas of employee benefits and estate planning and estate administration. Mr. Robinson has broad experience in all areas of employee benefits, including pension and welfare benefits. He has extensive experience with 401(k) plans and 403(b) plans, having assisted many companies of all sizes in designing such plans to take maximum advantage of the benefits they provide, both to the employer and its employees. He assists clients when plan issues arise and makes corrections to such plans through the IRS voluntary compliance program. He also has experience representing clients when their qualified plans are audited by either the IRS or the DOL. He advises corporate 401(k) committees and has experience preparing 401(k) committee charters and advises 401(k) plan sponsors that are changing service providers. He also provides advice on all types of benefit plans in connection with mergers and acquisitions. He has represented multi-employer pension and welfare plans and advises corporate clients on multi-employer plan issues, particularly withdrawal liability matters, which can be financially devastating.
Mr. Robinson represents governmental entities such as towns and cities, counties, governmental hospitals, city departmental pension funds, such as fire and police pension funds and other governmental entities in connection with retirement plan matters. He represents both "for profit" and "tax exempt" employers with respect to non-qualified deferred compensation and other areas of executive compensation, including designing, drafting and advising with respect to the tax implications of such plans. Mr. Robinson advises publicly traded companies on the tax implications of stock related deferred compensation plans as well as other bonus and deferred compensation plans. He also works with the labor and employment and litigation attorneys in support of employee benefits litigation and advises business clients on ESOP matters. Mr. Robinson advises clients regarding issues related to the Affordable Care Act, as well as COBRA, cafeteria plans and other welfare related issues.
Mr. Robinson has over 40 years of experience representing clients with estate planning or estate administration needs. He drafts and amends a broad range of estate planning documents, such as wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. No matter how simple an estate is, all estate planning is complicated to the client. Mr. Robinson attempts to simplify these matters as much as possible but is competent to address the most complex estate planning issues. Mr. Robinson understands the emotional issues related to estate administration and guides survivors through the intricacies of probate and estate and trust administration.