Lisa Burman Bio

Lisa Burman concentrates her practice in employee benefits, regularly counseling clients concerning all aspects of benefit plan administration and operation of employee benefit plans. Lisa has extensive experience in designing, drafting, and amending various types of employee benefit plans, including defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, money purchase pension plans, profit sharing plans, 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership plans and employee stock purchase plans, as well as group health and other welfare benefit plans. She also regularly works with other attorneys at the firm in connection with litigation concerning ERISA and other employee benefit matters. Lisa also designs and drafts stock option plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, SERPs, and other benefit plans for executives, including experience with Section 409A and Section 280G issues. Lisa joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in July 1992. She is an active member of the labor and employment legal community. Lisa has served as co-chair of the IRS/ASPPA Great Lakes Benefits Conference, and is a former member of the Great Lakes Benefits Conference Executive Committee. In addition to her other professional accomplishments, Lisa is a Certified Public Accountant.