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Stephanie H.
Grant

  • Senior Counsel
sgrant@wnj.com
Detroit
T 313.546.6068
F 248.603.9768

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They say you should figure out what you love and then do that for a living. Done and done! I find ERISA and health and welfare issues to be both endlessly interesting and critically important to employers. I also really enjoy my clients and feel lucky to have found a firm that is so sophisticated but is still friendly and supportive. When you are excited to go to work each day, I think you can be an even more effective advocate.

Stephanie Grant’s practice focuses on employee benefits and ERISA – with an emphasis on health and welfare benefits, including COBRA, HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act as well as wellness programs nationwide. While she counsels companies across all industries, many of her clients operate in the automotive and other manufacturing industry space.

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  • Led the team tasked with the evaluation and creation of new active and retiree health and welfare plans pursuant to a $3 billion acquisition and took the lead on the negotiation of all service provider agreements for third party administrators for the plans.
  • Lead attorney on a project for a client with 6,000 employees and 17 affiliates that involved a major overhaul of the documentation for its active employee health and welfare benefit programs.
  • Assisted several clients with converting traditional retiree medical plans to retiree health reimbursement arrangements, including drafting appropriate documents for the new programs.
  • Successfully argued that the IRS should reduce six- and seven-figure employer shared responsibility penalt
  • Led the team tasked with the evaluation and creation of new active and retiree health and welfare plans pursuant to a $3 billion acquisition and took the lead on the negotiation of all service provider agreements for third party administrators for the plans.
  • Lead attorney on a project for a client with 6,000 employees and 17 affiliates that involved a major overhaul of the documentation for its active employee health and welfare benefit programs.
  • Assisted several clients with converting traditional retiree medical plans to retiree health reimbursement arrangements, including drafting appropriate documents for the new programs.
  • Successfully argued that the IRS should reduce six- and seven-figure employer shared responsibility penalties down to zero.
  • Assisted with the preparation of formal letters for dozens of adverse benefit determination appeals.
  • Reviewed and negotiated dozens of service agreements with health and welfare plan vendors, including HIPAA business associate agreements.
  • Assisted clients with union health and welfare benefit issues.
  • Conducted HIPAA privacy and security training for clients’ workforce members handling PHI under self-funded group health plans.
  • Advised on issues related to health and welfare benefits for inpatriate and expatriate employees.
  • Analyzed solutions to COBRA administrative errors and worked with clients to make corrections.
  • Prepared legal wrap benefit plan documents and summary plan descriptions for ERISA-covered health and welfare benefits.
  • Prepared cafeteria plan documents that comply with the requirements of Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code.
  • Prepared trust agreements to fund certain health and welfare benefit obligations.
  • Prepared documentation for ERISA-covered onsite medical clinics and counseled employers though legal considerations related to onsite medical clinics.
  • Advised clients on legal considerations for wellness programs and worked with clients to implement a program that best fits the clients’ needs.
  • Counseled clients on issues related to non-HDHP coverage and preserving employees’ eligibility for HSA contributions.

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    Stephanie H.
    Grant

    • Senior Counsel
    sgrant@wnj.com
    Detroit
    T 313.546.6068
    F 248.603.9768

    My admin

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    They say you should figure out what you love and then do that for a living. Done and done! I find ERISA and health and welfare issues to be both endlessly interesting and critically important to employers. I also really enjoy my clients and feel lucky to have found a firm that is so sophisticated but is still friendly and supportive. When you are excited to go to work each day, I think you can be an even more effective advocate.

    Stephanie Grant’s practice focuses on employee benefits and ERISA – with an emphasis on health and welfare benefits, including COBRA, HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act as well as wellness programs nationwide. While she counsels companies across all industries, many of her clients operate in the automotive and other manufacturing industry space.

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