Robert Newman is a partner in the firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation practice group.  He represents clients ranging from small employers to some of the nation's largest employers, including for-profit and tax-exempt entities.  His practice includes:

• designing, drafting, and amending a wide range of retirement plans (including 401(k) plans, ESOPs, and traditional and hybrid defined benefit plans) and welfare plans (including health, severance, and cafeteria plans);
• creating executive compensation arrangements including nonqualified deferred compensation plans, stock option plans, and other incentive plans;
• representing clients before the IRS and the Department of Labor;
• assisting clients with legislative initiatives;
• providing benefits expertise in corporate transactions and ERISA litigation;
• counseling clients with respect to pension fund investments in private equity funds and hedge funds; and
• negotiating and writing employment agreements.

Chambers USA ranks Robert as Band 1 for Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, citing client interviews describing him as "an excellent lawyer and a great problem solver," and "extremely knowledgeable, thoughtful and thorough," while commending his "wealth of experience handling pension derisking transactions as well as a proven ability to handle litigious matters."