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Heidi Lyon concentrates her practice in the areas of employee benefits and executive compensation. She counsels clients regarding qualified retirement plans, health and welfare benefit plans, fringe benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans.
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Representative Experience
- Advising employers on the design, administration and compliance of tax-qualified pension, profit-sharing and other deferred compensation plans, including 401(k), 401(m), 403(b), 457, employee stock ownership and stock bonus plans
- Assisting employers with the establishment and maintenance of health and welfare benefit plans (including wrap plans, cafeteria plans, COBRA compliance, HIPAA compliance, HRAs, HSAs, health FSAs, dependent care FSAs and wellness plans)
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Honors and Awards
- Recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of its 20 Up & Coming Lawyers for 2009 for her work in employee benefits
- Named as a Michigan Super Lawyer Rising Star - 2009
- Notes Editor, The Environmental Lawyer
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Bar Associations
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American Bar Association
Tax Section and Joint Committee on Employee Benefits
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State Bar of Michigan
Tax Section and Employee Benefits Subcommittee
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Teaching and Lecturing
- "New Compliance Challenges for Employers and Other Plan Fiduciaries" and "Hot Fringe Benefits Issues," WNJ Human Resources Seminar, September 11, 2008, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Publications
- "For Better or For Worse: The New Determination Letter System For Qualified Retirement Plans," Michigan Tax Lawyer, Volume XXII, Issue 2, Summer 2007
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Professional Affiliations
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IRS Great Lakes Tax-Exempt and Governmental Entities Council
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Women Lawyers Association of Western Michigan
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Economic Club of Grand Rapids
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Community Affiliations
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Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids
First Vice President and Board Member
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News
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