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Jacob M. Mattinson focuses his practice on employee benefits and matters related to 401(k), 403(b), pension, executive compensation, health care reform, and cafeteria and welfare plans.

Jacob assists clients in drafting employee benefit plan documents and amendments. He represents clients in matters before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), US Department of Labor (DOL) and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with respect to plan qualification issues. He also counsels privately and publicly held corporations and tax-exempt entities on a variety of benefits and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) issues, including ERISA fiduciary issues, compliance with the Affordable Care Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), ERISA implications in corporate transactions, ERISA administrative claims and appeals, and executive compensation matters.

While in law school, Jacob was editor in chief of the Penn State Law Review. In addition, Jacob served as a legal intern for the Honorable Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Jacob is the Chairperson of the Young Professionals Board of Equip for Equality. Internally, Jacob serves on the Firm's Pro Bono and Community Service Committee.

Haley M. Dow focuses her practice on employee benefits and executive compensation matters. She reviews qualified retirement plans, cafeteria and welfare plans, and executive compensation and employment agreements to ensure conformity with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), Section 409A, the Affordable Care Act, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

Haley assists clients in drafting employee benefit plan documents and amendments, including 401(k), 403(b), pension, executive compensation, and cafeteria and welfare plans. She also assists with various benefits issues relating to plan qualification, ERISA administrative claims and appeals, and ERISA implications in corporate transactions.

While in law school, Haley served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Mary K. Rochford of the First District Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth Division. She was also staff editor of the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy.