Michele (Mike) focuses his practice on employee benefits, counseling clients on employee benefit plan design, implementation and compliance, as well as employee benefits issues that arise in connection with mergers and acquisitions.
In addition, Mike provides advice and guidance on the feasibility, design, and installation of employee stock ownership plans from inception to maturity across various industries. Mike has broad experience representing businesses considering the transition to ESOP-ownership, as well as advising trustees of employee stock ownership trusts involved in ESOP transactions. Mike also has experience counseling ESOP-owned businesses through audits and examinations of their ESOPs by the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor.