Megan Mardy is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm's Chicago office. Megan focuses her practice primarily on designing, amending and administering 401(k) plans, profit sharing plans, pension plans, cafeteria plans and welfare benefit plans. She also has experience counseling clients regarding compliance with HIPAA, the Affordable Care Act, and other federal laws affecting group health plans. Megan has counseled privately and publicly-held corporations and tax-exempt entities regarding fiduciary issues under ERISA, employee benefits issues involved in corporate transactions, and executive compensation matters. She also has experience counseling plan fiduciaries with respect to the claims and appeals procedures under ERISA.
Megan has represented clients before the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. She has assisted clients with internal compliance reviews, voluntary correction filings under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) and applications for determination letters on plan termination and tax-qualification.
Megan is a Contributing Editor of The Guide to Assigning & Loaning Benefit Plan Money, which is published and updated quarterly by Thompson Publishing Group, Inc.
Megan is admitted to practice in Illinois.
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D. (cum laude), 2005
- Amherst College, B.A., 2001
