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| | Address | | 900 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 900 | | Washington, District of Columbia 20006-2501 | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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(Main Office)
| Sanders, Schnabel & Brandenburg, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Employee Benefits, Retirement Plans, Health and Welfare Plans. Executive Compensation. Estate Planning. | | Year Established: 1923 | Firm Profile:
SS&B is successor to a law practice established in 1923 by Lucien H. Mercier. Mr. Mercier worked with US Senator Robert A. Taft in drafting pension taxation provisions for the 1942 Revenue Act. From these roots, our firm developed expertise and an extensive practice in the area of tax-qualified pension plans. John A. Sanders joined Mr. Mercier's practice in 1951, devoting significant attention to employee benefit matters, and branching into estate planning and administration. During Robert V. Schnabel's tenure, beginning in the 1950s, SS&B continued to develop areas of expertise, including corporate organization and governance. Mr. Schnabel retired in 1998. Dan S. Brandenburg was first employed by the firm in 1973, and is now the firm's director. Through Mr. Brandenburg and attorneys Cheryl Risley Hughes, Joanne G. Jacobson, Susan Yoder Torres and Lincoln Weed, the legal practice established in 1923 continues today. SS&B's employee benefits practice includes retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and executive compensation arrangements. Our firm's related practice areas include estate planning and business law. SS&B's federal law practice serves clients throughout the US and abroad, including publicly-traded corporations, tax-exempt associations and their member service programs, and closely-held businesses. SS&B also represents financial institutions, consultants and third party administrators that provide services to employee benefit plans. SS&B's state law practice is limited to jurisdictions where our attorneys hold active licenses; currently DC, Maryland, Virginia and New York. SS&B draws strength from attorneys' collective education and experience in the law of federal taxation and federal regulation of benefit plans, and by frequent contact with staff and key officials in federal agencies. SS&B attorneys participate in professional activities, study legal developments, and seek to contribute to our community. We are active in national and local professional groups such as the American Bar Association and the DC, Maryland and Virginia Bar Associations. We speak to Bar groups, legal societies and employee benefit groups, and teach continuing legal education courses. We also serve as authors and editors of legal treatises, professional journals, educational materials, articles and newsletters. | | Firm Size: 5 | Languages:
German. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards | | John A. Sanders (1924-1998). | | Robert V. Schnabel (Retired). | | Dan S. Brandenburg (Shareholder and Director) born Landsberg am Lech, Germany, August 30, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, District of Columbia; US District Court for the District of Columbia. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., German, 1972; B.S., Industrial Engineering); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1975); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Taxation, 1978). Listed: The Best Lawyers in America, Employee Benefits Law, Woodward/White, 2008 Edition; Super Lawyers, Employee Benefits Attorneys, Washington DC, 2008 Edition. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Graduate Law Division (1981-1983). Member, Employers Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC) Cafeteria Plan Technical Advisors Council and ECFC's Charter Class of professionals Certified in Flexible Compensation Instruction (CFCI 1999). Charter Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. Member, Planning Committee, 2007 Mid-Atlantic Area Employee Benefits Conference (a member of the Mid-Atlantic Pension Liaison Group of the office of Employee Plans under the IRS Tax-Exempt and Government Entities Division). Member: District of Columbia Bar (Member, Taxation Section, Employee Benefits Committee); American Bar Association (Liaison, Employee Benefits Committee, Taxation Section, 2001-2002, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008; Chair, Employee Benefits Committee, Trial, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1990-1991 and 2000-2001). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation; Estate Planning; Cash Balance Plans; COBRA; Deferred Compensation; Disability Benefits; Employee Benefit Taxation; Employee Benefit Trusts; Employee Compensation; Employee Stock Ownership Plans; Employee Stock Ownership Trusts; Equity Compensation; ERISA; ERISA Compliance; Executive Compensation Taxation; Fringe Benefits; Health Benefits; Multi-Employer Benefits; Non-Qualified Benefits; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; Pension Fund Investments; Pension Plans; Pension Taxation; Profit Sharing; Qualified Retirement Plans; Retirement Benefit Plans; Trust Law; 401(k) Plans. Email: Dan S. Brandenburg | | Cheryl Risley Hughes (Principal) born Alexandria, Virginia, July 19, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, District of Columbia and New York. Education: State University of New York at Geneseo (B.A., Political Science, 1991); Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1995); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Taxation, 1996). Recipient, Certificate of Study in Employee Benefits Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1996. Listed in: Marquis Who's Who in American Law, 2007; Who's Who of American Women, 2007; Who's Who of Emerging Leaders, 2007. Chief Managing Editor, The Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution. Author: "Non-discrimination Rules for Welfare Plans: Recommendations for Simplification". Contributing Author: Cafeteria Plans, Employee Benefits Institute of America (EBIA) Reference Manual, 2000-2003; Consumer Driven Health Plans, EBIA Reference Manual, 2004—; Fringe Benefits, EBIA Reference Manual, 2006—. Lecturer, Employee Benefits Institute of America (EBIA). Public Service Fellow, US Department of Justice. Member, Employers Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC), Cafeteria Plan Technical Advisors Council. Member: New York State (Member, Taxation Section, Employee Benefits Committee) and American (Member, Taxation Section, Employee Benefits Committee) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar (Member, Taxation Section, Employee Benefits Committee); Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; COBRA; Deferred Compensation; Disability Benefits; Employee Benefit Trusts; ERISA; ERISA Compliance; Executive Compensation; Executive Compensation Taxation; Flexible Benefit Plans; Fringe Benefits; Health Benefits; Multi-Employer Benefits; Non-Qualified Benefits; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; Pension Fund Investments; Pension Plans; Pension Taxation; Profit Sharing; Qualified Retirement Plans; Retirement Benefit Plans; 401(k) Plans. Email: Cheryl Risley Hughes | | Joanne G. Jacobson (Principal) born Regina, Canada, April 24, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, New York; 1989, Maryland; 2000, District of Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia, Canada (B.S., 1982); University of British Columbia, Canada (J.D., 1985); George Washington University (LL.M., Taxation, 1989). Senior Editor, Law Review, University of British Columbia (Canada). Member: Maryland State, New York State and American (Member, Taxation Section, Employee Benefits Committee) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar (Member, Taxation Section, Employee Benefits Committee). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Deferred Compensation; Employee Benefit Taxation; Employee Benefit Trusts; Employee Stock Ownership Plans; Employee Stock Ownership Trusts; Equity Compensation; ERISA; ERISA Compliance; Executive Compensation; Executive Compensation Taxation; Non-Qualified Benefits; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; Pension Plans; Pension Taxation; Profit Sharing; Qualified Retirement Plans; Retirement Benefit Plans; 401(k) Plans. Email: Joanne G. Jacobson | | Susan Yoder Torres (Principal) born New York, N.Y., July 3, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Virginia; 1993, District of Columbia; 2000, Maryland. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., American Government, 1984); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Attorney-Advisor to a Federal Administrative Law Judge in the Department of Labor. Member: Maryland State (Member, Estate and Trust Law Section), Virginia (Member: Business Law Section; Trusts and Estates Section) and American (Member: Business Law Section; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Taxation Section) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar (Member, Taxation Section and Estates, Trusts and Probate Law Sections). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Living Trusts; Living Wills; Powers of Attorney; Trust Administration; Trust Planning; Wills. Email: Susan Yoder Torres | | Lincoln Weed (Principal) born Baltimore, Maryland, January 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Alabama; 1989, District of Columbia; US District Court for the District of Columbia; US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Hamilton College (A.B., English, magna cum laude, 1977); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Co-Author: Articles on Employee Benefits and Health Policy. Subcommittee, Co-Chair and Contributing Author, Employee Benefits Law, Employee Benefits Committee (BNA Books, 2d Ed. 2000). Formerly with Office of the General Counsel at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Member: District of Columbia Bar (Member: Labor and Employment Section; Health Law Section); American Bar Association (Member: Labor and Employment Section; Health Law Section). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; COBRA; Deferred Compensation; Employee Benefit Taxation; Employee Benefit Trusts; Employee Benefits Litigation; ERISA; ERISA Compliance; ERISA Litigation; Flexible Benefit Plans; Health Benefits; Non-Qualified Benefits; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; Pension Fund Investments; Pension Plans; Profit Sharing; Qualified Retirement Plans; Retirement Benefit Plans; 401(k) Plans. Email: Lincoln Weed |
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