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Diane M. Morgenthaler

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Diane M. Morgenthaler focuses her practice on employee benefits and executive compensation. She represents clients in matters before the US Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Diane serves as employee benefit counsel to Fortune 500 corporations and other global corporations, and represents both public and private clients. She regularly designs and implements a variety of employee benefit plans and programs. Diane has extensive experience in employee benefit issues involved in acquisitions, reorganizations and divestitures and in the design of employee benefits plans following such transactions. She also advises clients in matters involving multi-employer withdrawal liability, fiduciary liability and benefit claims.

Diane is the senior editor of the Firm's Employee Benefits Blog.

Results

  • Represented a Fortune 500 company in its $8.5 billion tax-free spin-off
  • Represented a company in one of the year's largest private transactions
  • Implemented an offshore pension plan for a company's global expatriates
  • Implemented a lump-sum window for a pension plan as part of a company's de-risking strategy

Credentials

Education
  • Boston University School of Law, JD, 1987
  • Bryn Mawr College, AB, 1983
Admissions
  • Illinois

Thought Leadership

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Recognition

  • Chambers USA 2017
  • Law & Politics 2009 to 2015, Illinois Super Lawyer
  • Law Bulletin Publishing Company, Leading Lawyer
  • The Legal 500 2017

Community

  • Worldwide Employee Benefits Network, past president

Credentials

Education
  • Boston University School of Law, JD, 1987
  • Bryn Mawr College, AB, 1983
Admissions
  • Illinois

Core Capabilities

  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Executive Compensation
  • Retirement Benefits

Regional Markets

  • United States

Related Blogs

  • Employee Benefits Blog

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