Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Marlene Frank has significant experience in designing and implementing qualified and nonqualified deferred compensation programs for large organizations and professional corporations. She also has worked extensively with health care plans and other types of welfare benefit plans that generally are provided to employees of for-profit and tax-exempt organizations. Her experience is comprehensive, covering both the federal income tax implications relating to employee benefits plans and the ERISA requirements for such plans. Marlene also has significant experience in the employee benefits issues surrounding the design and implementation of health care integrated delivery systems and managed care contracting networks.

She is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbus Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Compensation & Benefits Counseling for Employers
• ERISA & Other Employee Benefits Litigation
• ERISA Plan Asset Investments
• Tax-Exempt Entities & Church Plans
• Health Care
• Tax & Benefits/Health Care

Representative Cases

• Acquisition by Oldcastle
• Acquisition of Controlling Interest in Circuit Check, Inc.
• Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation
• Benefit Issues
• Benefits
• Company Counsel
• Qualified and Nonqualified Retirement Benefits
• Qualified and Nonqualified Retirement Benefits
• Restructuring of Academic Medical Center , (2009)
• Retirement Benefits
• Retirement Plan Benefits
• Retirement Plan Matters
• Retirement Plans and 403(b) Plans, Plan Mergers, and Qualification Issues
• Retirement Plans and Welfare Benefit Plans
• SERP

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Disability, Elder Law, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Food & Drug Administration, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Nursing Home, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Social Security -- Disability, Taxation Law, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Ohio State University

Published Works

• Group Health Plan Continuation Coverage: Fast Action Required To Comply with New COBRA Premium Assistance Requirements, 2009
• An Impending Collision at the Intersection of Code Section 457 and Code Section 409A, 2007
• Medicare Part D Retiree Prescription Drug Coverage: Employer Options, 2005

Address

P.O. Box 165017
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3843 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com