Current Employment Position(s)

Counsel

Languages

• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Margaret Gramann has extensive experience in the areas of employee benefits and deferred compensation. She has advised clients on matters involving the design and administration of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans; welfare benefit plans; fiduciary responsibility and prohibited transactions; reporting and disclosure; the employee benefits aspects of corporate mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and reorganizations; securities law compliance of company stock offerings in a retirement plan; plan terminations; COBRA and HIPAA compliance; and cafeteria plans. She is also experienced in executive compensation matters, including the design and implementation of deferred compensation arrangements and severance programs for executives.

Margaret is a member of the Columbus Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Compensation & Benefits Counseling for Employers
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Tax-Exempt Entities & Church Plans

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of EAS
• Acquisition of Southwest Test, LLP
• Labor and Employment Law Advice Concerning Sale of Assets
• Retirement Plans and 403(b) Plans, Plan Mergers, and Qualification Issues

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Business Organizations, 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, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)

Address

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

Phones

1.614.281.3918 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com