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Jul 17, 2018

Seyfarth's Peter Varney Appointed Chair of the State Bar of Georgia's Employee Benefits Law Section

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Peter M. Varney, counsel in the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation department in Atlanta, was appointed chair of the Employee Benefits Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia for the 2018-2019 association year.

The State Bar of Georgia’s Employee Benefits Law Section seeks to promote knowledge and understanding of laws regulating employer sponsored benefit plans through continuing legal education opportunities in the field of executive compensation, pensions, health and welfare and ERISA litigation; establish a liaison with the Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service and employee benefit practitioners; and develop collegiality among practitioners within the employee benefits area of practice. To learn more, click here.

Varney advises plan sponsors on the design and operation of employee benefit plans, including 401(k) plans, flexible benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and severance plans. He creates and drafts retirement, savings, and welfare plan documents, summary plan descriptions, plan participant communications, and plan administrative forms to ensure compliance with the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA. Varney’s practice regularly involves counseling clients on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Care Reform), HIPAA privacy and security rules, wellness programs, self-funded medical plans, and COBRA administration.