With more than 20 years of experience in business law, Jamie Zveitel Kwiatek focuses on employee benefits law, ERISA, executive compensation, employment law, and general business law. Clients consult with Ms. Kwiatek about design, implementation and operation of employee benefit programs, including qualified and non-qualified plans, welfare benefit plans, cafeteria plans, stock option plans, phantom stock plans, deferred bonus and incentive compensation plans and other types of compensation arrangements. Ms. Kwiatek also advises employers and others on matters pertaining to plan operation and fiduciary obligations. A related area of expertise is Ms. Kwiatek’s successful completion of numerous compliance filings with the IRS regarding client plan operational errors. Ms. Kwiatek also has significant experience with ESOPs. With respect to ESOPs, Ms. Kwiatek’s clients have included companies adopting and maintaining ESOPs, owners selling to an ESOP, management groups negotiating an ESOP buyout, ESOP lenders and ESOP trustees.
In the employment law area, Ms. Kwiatek regularly counsels clients about hiring, firing and disciplinary matters, harassment issues, overtime and other FLSA issues, COBRA and discrimination issues. She drafts employment and severance agreements as well as non-competition agreements and is frequently involved in the enforceability of non-competition agreements. Clients seek Ms. Kwiatek’s advice in preparing employee handbooks. Numerous clients have retained Ms. Kwiatek to defend them against discrimination complaints filed with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights and the EEOC.
Clients seek Ms. Kwiatek’s representation with respect to employee benefits, executive compensation and employment matters. Such businesses include health care, banking, manufacturing, and real estate, as well as publicly traded businesses. Ms. Kwiatek also represents executives with respect to employment and severance matters.