Ms. Murphy is an Associate in the area of employee benefits and tax.  Ms. Murphy has experience designing and drafting qualified and nonqualified plans and has assisted clients with projects to enhance defined contribution plans, freeze defined benefit plans, and establish executive deferred compensation plans.  Ms. Murphy has experience drafting cafeteria plans, including reimbursement accounts and health savings accounts, and retiree medical programs.  She assists clients with plan administration issues, plan testing failures, and developing plan corrections under IRS and DOL compliance programs.

Ms. Murphy has negotiated trustee, investment management, agency and service agreements for public and privately held companies, including Fortune 100 companies, and served as in-house counsel for a major service provider.  She has conducted seminars on fiduciary responsibility, electronic notices and disclosures, plan loans, and Puerto Rico plan compliance.  Ms. Murphy has also been involved in resolving matters for retirement plan investments, such as brokerage options, life insurance, IPOs, and company stock proxies and tender offers.

Education

• Widener University School of Law, J.D., with honors, 2000, Certificate in Advanced Corporations
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, B.S. in Marketing Education

Professional Activities

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• National Bar Association / Women Lawyers Division
• IRS Mid-Atlantic Pension Liaison Group
• Philadelphia Bar Association / Employee Benefits Committee
• Editorial Advisory Board and Contributing Editor, Thompson Publishing