Polsinelli

Departments

Phone: 312.873.3664
Fax: 312.873.4353

William P. Sweeney

Shareholder
William P. Sweeney is a member of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice group.  Mr. Sweeney has a broad-based, comprehensive practice which involves all areas of employee benefits law. He advises public, private, and tax-exempt employers on the design, implementation, and administration of all types of welfare plans and tax-qualified retirement plans (including defined benefit, 401(k), 403(b) and 457(b)).  Mr. Sweeney has substantial experience working with multiemployer benefit funds, representing clients before the IRS and U.S. Department of Labor with respect to employee benefit plan audits and voluntary correction procedure filings, and drafting and negotiating terms of merger and acquisition agreements.  Mr. Sweeney also has extensive experience counseling clients and conducting training on ERISA fiduciary compliance, COBRA, and HIPAA.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Illinois Bar Association
  • Chicago Bar Association
    • Young Lawyers Section, Employee Benefits Committee
  • CureSearch for Children's Cancer
    • Co-Chair, Chicagoland CureSearch Walk to Conquer Childhood Cancer
  • Irish Children's Fund

Publications & Presentations

January 2010
February 14, 2008
June 7, 2007
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; Chicago, Illinois