Patti Hedgpeth focuses her practice on all aspects of the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice, including the design, implementation, and operation of tax-qualified retirement plans, employee stock ownership plans, nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements and health and welfare benefit plans; regulatory compliance with the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA, COBRA, and HIPAA; employee benefits issues arising in the context of mergers and acquisitions; and plan correction through various benefit plan correction programs. Patti represents companies before the IRS and the Department of Labor and advises management and fiduciaries on problems arising in the operation of such plans.

Patti earned her J.D. summa cum laude from Texas Tech University School of Law, graduating first in her class. Prior to law school, Patti worked with two of the “Big 5” accounting firms and was also the controller of a multidivisional corporation.