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Jack G. Lund

Associate

Washington +1 202 662 5082

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  • About

    Jack Lund is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office where he is a member of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice group. Jack advises clients on all aspects of employee benefits including tax-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, Individual Retirement Arrangements, global incentive plans, executive compensation, ERISA litigation, and corporate transactions. In so doing, Jack is particularly adept at designing and implementing comprehensive strategies that solve his clients’ most difficult regulatory and legislative problems.

    Areas of Expertise

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    • Promoted client interests before the Department of Labor, Department of Treasury (including before IRS), and Congress (including before Joint Committee on Taxation).
    • Drafted restatements, plan amendments, summary plan descriptions, and summaries of material modification for tax-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and executive compensation arrangements (including large non-qualified plans).
    • Represented plan-sponsor clients in ERISA litigation.
    • Advised clients and plan administrators on day-to-day operations, claim and benefit administration (including drafting claim adjudication letters), plan interpretation, governance, and other matters.
    • Advised plan fiduciaries regarding their obligations under ERISA, including their duties with respect to plan assets and plan expenses in employer-sponsored defined contribution plans.
    • Represented a former senior government official as an amicus in litigation challenging the propriety of regulations related to the consideration of ESG factors in the investment of ERISA plan assets.
    • Advised plan sponsors and fiduciaries on legal issues when considering ESG factors in investment and proxy voting decisions and when hiring service providers
    • Counseled clients with respect to pension investments in private equity and hedge funds.
    • Assisted clients with responses to DOL audits.
    • Negotiated agreements on behalf of clients, plan administrators, and investment fiduciaries regarding all manner of third party benefits services.
    • Advised on employee benefits and executive compensation issues in large corporate transactions, including writing and negotiating employment agreements.

    • Drafted Congressional testimony for major trade association discussing regulatory barriers created by Department of Labor and IRS policy with respect to so-called “missing” or “lost” participants.
    • Designed legislative proposals for IRA reform.
    • Submitted comments and drafted testimony on proposed DOL rulemaking.
    • Facilitated the ethical and tax efficient transition of an executive into a key governmental position.
    • Counseled clients on compliance of their non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code including advising a Fortune 100 company on the design and implementation of a state-of-the-art 409A specified employee policy.
    • Advised several companies on top-hat filings for non-qualified plans.
    • Counseled a Fortune 100 company on avoiding pitfalls associated with the creation of an “accidental” MEWA.
    • Contributed to feasibility studies on global compliance.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2016
        • Journal of Law & Politics, Submissions Editor
        • Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Executive Editor
    • University of Virginia, B.A., 2012
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • Virginia
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Edith Clement, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Pro Bono
    • Advised a non-profit organization on return-to-work considerations during a worldwide pandemic.
    • Advised a non-profit organization on an employment agreement with its chief executive officer.
    • Represented a tenured professor in a dispute with a university employer.
    • Represented civil liberties organizations as amici curiae before the Supreme Court of the United States.
    • Represented a religious institution in a RLUIPA appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • The Federalist Society
    Previous Experience
    • United States Senate Committee on Finance, Law Clerk

    Areas of Expertise

Society of Actuaries May 2020

Effects of Ephemeral Mass Unemployment

Employee Benefit Plan Review March/April 2020

Corpus Linguistics and ERISA Litigation

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