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Tom focuses his practice on the design, development and implementation of executive compensation arrangements and employee benefit plans. This often includes stock incentive plans, bonus plans, deferred compensation programs, Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPs), employment agreements, equity-based compensation packages, severance arrangements, and tax-qualified retirement and welfare plans.
Tom has extensive experience advising clients on compliance with the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), fiduciary duties, bankruptcy, and mergers and acquisitions. His practice also involves counseling nonprofit, tax-exempt and governmental entities on benefits and compensation matters, including deferred compensation and intermediate sanctions.
In addition, Tom has commented on employee benefits issues in national, regional and trade publications, including USA Today, Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal, National Law Journal, Corporate Counsel Magazine and Employee Benefit News. He has also been interviewed by WCVB-Channel 5 Boston, Fox News, Fox Channel 25, New England Cable News Network and WBZ Radio. Additionally, he has been a panelist on numerous employee benefit programs. Mr. Greene is the co-author of Working with ERISA: An Eight Step Guide for Trustees and Advisors.
Tom has a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, a J.D. (cum laude) from Suffolk University, and an LL.M. (with distinction) from Georgetown University.
Areas of Practice | 1) Erisa and 2) Labor & Employment |
Law School | Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M.,1998);Suffolk University Law School (J.D.,1995) |
Education | University of Massachusetts (B.A.,1991) |
Bar Member / Association | Massachusetts State Bar Association |
Most recent firm | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. |
Ms. Fitzgerald represents employers in a wide range of industries, including the entertainment, financial services, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, and transportation industries.