Dallas Bar Association

Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation Section

Meets monthly for a program on employee benefits and executive compensation, pensions, profit-sharing plans, ESOPs, health coverage, disability plans, other standpoints, IRS, DOL, PBGC, SEC, ERISA, and state law.

Meeting Schedule:

The Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation Section meets on the 1st Wednesday of every month in the Hughes & Luce Ballroom, 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.

Section News: 

  • Our next section meeting is scheduled for noon on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. 
  • The program will be “Retirement Plan Issues in a Global Market:  A U.S. Perspective ”.   The speaker will be Danny A. Martin, Jr., Senior Tax Counsel with Shell in Houston.........
  • One hour of participatory CLE credit is available for all of our monthly meetings, but non-DBA members will be charged $30 by the DBA for obtaining MCLE credit for any program. If special arrangements are required for a person with disabilities to attend, please call Mary Ellen Johnson at (214) 220-7474 or email her at Mary Ellen Johnson as soon as possible before the meeting.
  • Materials distributed at Section meetings may be downloaded by clicking the "Section Downloads" link below. 
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Our following meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 6, 2012.

Section Officers:

Name: Patti Hedgpeth
Officer Position: Chair
Firm: Spencer Crain Cubbage Healy & McNamara pllc
Firm Address: 1201 Elm Street, Suite 4100
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75270
Business Phone: (214) 290-0036
Email:  phedgpeth@spencercrain.com 

Name: James Griffin
Officer Position: Vice-Chair
Firm: Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Firm Address: 901 Main Street, Suite 6000
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75202
Business Phone: (214) 953-6000
Email:  jgriffin@jw.com

Name: Stefan Smith
Officer Position: Secretary
Firm: Locke Lord LLP
Firm Address: 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75201
Business Phone: (214) 740-8796
Email:   spsmith@lockelord.com

Name: Eric Winwood
Officer Position: Treasurer
Firm: Baker Botts, L.L.P.
Firm Address: 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 600
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75201
Business Phone: (214) 953-6930
Email:   eric.winwood@bakerbotts.com

Name: James Deets
Officer Position: Immediate Past Chair
Firm: Apex Global Partners Inc.
Firm Address: 9400 North Central Expressway, Suite 1400
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, Texas 75231
Business Phone: (972) 725-6022
Email:   jdeets@agpins.com

Name: Scott McElhaney
Officer Position: 2011 Board Advisor
Firm: Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Firm Address: 901 Main Street, Suite 6000
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75202
Business Phone: (214) 953-6000
Email:  smcelhaney@jw.com

2009-2011 Committee Members: 

Katy Anne Drechsel
Kim McGovern
Eric Winwood

2010-2012 Committee Members:  

Scott Austin
Tara Silver-Malyska
Nellie Strong

2011-2013 Committee Members:  

Lisa Christensen
Brian Cumberland
Jared Pope

2012-2014 Committee Members:  

Lacey Durham
Kirsten Garcia
Lindsay Murphy

 


Resource Links

 

 


Section Membership

 

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation Section, please send a letter of request and a $20.00 membership fee to:
DBA
2101 Ross Ave
Dallas TX, 75201
Please note that you must be a member of the Dallas Bar Association to join a section. If you have any questions regarding sections membership, please contact the membership department at the Dallas Bar.

Section Admin-Mass E-mail/Roster

Section Admin-Webpage


 

Section Downloads:

AttachmentSize
Bylaws.DOC63.5 KB
Dallas Bar Assoc - Appendices D & F Handout 6 3 2009.doc67 KB
DBA Powerpoint (2-4-09)(1720887_1).PPT942.5 KB
DBA120607legislativeupdate.PPT593 KB
DOC.PDF789.81 KB
Labor and Benefits Lawyers - Brothers and Sisters in Arms (2).PPT483 KB
New 403 b Plan Requirements and Prototype .pdf2.5 MB
Retirement Plan Reevaluation.pdf586.03 KB
2011.03.02: Fees, Forms, Fiduciaries and Plan Assets by Eric Winwood602.5 KB
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