Seyfarth Shaw Expands Employee Benefits Practice Group with Addition of Gregory D. Renberg as Partner

HOUSTON, TX (September 10, 2007)—Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full-service law firms, announced today that Gregory D. Renberg has joined the firm as a partner in its Employee Benefits Department based in the firm’s Houston office. He was previously a partner at Conner & Winters.

Renberg represents large public companies and has in-depth knowledge of complex employee benefits matters, including qualified plans, welfare plans, executive compensation and corporate mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. He has negotiated employee benefits issues related to qualified defined contribution and defined benefit, nonqualified, severance, stock option, bonus, fringe benefit and health plans in corporate mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. Renberg has also designed and drafted various qualified retirement plans, trust agreements, plan amendments, “window” retirement programs, welfare benefits plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, stock option and restricted stock agreements, employment agreements, HIPAA documentation, bonus plans and plan reimbursement procedures.  In addition to his ERISA work, Renberg is a licensed CPA, which has aided him in representing companies in state and federal tax controversies and audits.

“Greg comes to Seyfarth with a well established employee benefits and executive compensation practice—especially in the energy sector—and a depth of expertise in a broad range of complex employee benefits matters,” said Peter C. Miller, Chair of the Employee Benefits Department. “His practice embodies our group’s client-oriented perspective and he shares our commitment to consistently delivering excellent results to our clients.”

With one of the nation’s largest and most diverse employee benefits and executive compensation practices, Seyfarth Shaw represents clients  throughout the country. Attorneys in the Employee Benefits Department are familiar with a broad range of benefits and compensation law, while they also develop specific, in-depth knowledge in various areas of concentration, including: corporate transactions and restructure, ERISA/employee benefits litigation, ESOPs, executive and equity compensation, health and welfare benefits plans, HIPAA privacy and security, international employee compensation and benefits, multi-employer plans and qualified and non-qualified retirement plans.

“Greg’s background in the energy field and his work with Houston-based clients in the energy industry present us a tremendous opportunity to expand our practice in that market,” said John L. Collins, Managing Partner of Seyfarth Shaw’s Houston office. “We’re thrilled to have Greg join our team in Houston.”

Renberg is admitted to the state bars of Texas and Oklahoma, the US District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma and the Tenth Circuit of the US Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Texas Bar Association, Tulsa County Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Renberg is an alumnus of the University of Tulsa where he earned his B.S. in Business Administration and his J.D.

“I’m delighted to join Seyfarth Shaw’s first-rate Employee Benefits Department and to practice law with my new colleagues nationally and here in Houston,” Renberg said. “Seyfarth’s national platform allows me to draw on the experience and insights of my attorney-colleagues throughout the country, plus I can draw on the talent and legal support in Houston to enable me to more fully meet my clients’ needs.”

Seyfarth Shaw has over 725 attorneys located in nine offices throughout the United States including Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento as well as Brussels, Belgium.  Seyfarth Shaw provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation and business services. The firm’s practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the country’s business and social fabric. Clients include over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, newspapers and other media, hotels, health care organizations, airlines and railroads. The firm also represents a number of federal, state, and local governmental and educational entities. For more information, please visit www.seyfarth.com.

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