Brydon Dewitt

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ABOUT BRYDON DEWITT

Brydon DeWitt\'s practice focuses on all areas of employee benefits law, including qualified pension plans, welfare plans, HIPAA compliance, stock-based compensation, and benefits issues arising in mergers and acquisitions. His experience includes advising clients with respect to ERISA, tax and securities law aspects of qualified retirement plans; providing advice regarding the HIPAA health information privacy standards and designing comprehensive HIPAA privacy policies, business associate agreements, plan amendments, forms and guides; and advising clients on COBRA continuation coverage issues regarding group health plans. Mr. DeWitt has designed and advised clients with respect to flexible benefit plans. He has prepared proxy and disclosure for shareholder approval of stock incentive plans and plan amendments. He has experience with stock options and other types of equity-based compensation. He has participated in ERISA litigation and designed change in control and severance benefit arrangements.Mr. DeWitt is recognized as a “Band 1” attorney by Chambers USA for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. He is a member of the Taxation Section on the Employee Benefits Committee for the American Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Bar Association, and the Central Virginia Employee Benefits Council. He is the host of Williams Mullen’s Benefits Companion, a podcast providing employers with critical information regarding their employee benefit plans. He is a frequent speaker on employee benefits matters.