The Employer's Lawyer

Amy M. Thompson, Esq., L.L.M.

Amy provides specialized legal services to private employers, governmental entities, and non-profit organizations on issues related to employee benefit and executive compensation plans, ensuring compliance with the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, the ACA, and other related laws. She represents employers and plan sponsors in state and federal agency enforcement actions as well as conducts voluntary employee benefit plan and fiduciary corrections.

Amy received her J.D. from the University of South Dakota and her Master of Laws in Employee Benefits and Tax from the John Marshall Law School at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Publications

Key Provisions of the Secure 2.0 Act for Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans, Nebraska Lawyer Magazine, Nebraska State Bar, May 15, 2023.
Secure Act 2.0: What Employers Need to Know, Presentation, Fraser Stryker Employment and Labor Conference, April 6, 2023.
ERISA Litigation, Remedies Chapter, Bloomberg BNA Cumulative Supplement (2019).
In Private Letter Ruling, IRS Approves 401(k) Student Loan Repayment Benefit, JD Supra (Sept. 5, 2018).
New Agency Guidance Make Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Enforcement a Priority, Employee Benefits for Employers (Summer 2018).
IRS Announces Heightened Scrutiny for Tax-Exempt Entities, National Law Review (March 23, 2018).
The FICA Tax Exemption for Non-Resident Aliens in the U.S. Under F, J, M, or Q Visas, National Law Review (Aug. 2, 2017).
TCB on the BIC: DOL Issues Guidance on Application of the Fiduciary Rule’s New Best Interest Contract Prohibited Transaction Exemption, National Law Review (Nov. 13, 2016).
Final Rule Issued on ACA’s Non-Discrimination Provision for Federally Funded Programs, National Law Review (June 24, 2016).
Affordable Care Act Treatment of Fringe Benefits Provided Under Federal Contracts, National Law Review (Jan. 13, 2016).
New Regulatory Guidance Issued on Plan Benefit Suspensions and Plan Partitions for Multiemployer Pension Plans at Risk of Insolvency, National Law Review (June 26, 2015).
Ask and You Shall Receive: ERISA’s Remedies for Non-disclosure, South Dakota Law Review, 56 S.D. L. Rev. 524 (2011).

The Employer's Lawyer

Amy M. Thompson, Esq., L.L.M.

Publications

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