ERISA, the DOL and Building a Better Retirement Plan: Updates and Best Practices (E1610719)

Brian leads a highly qualified team and oversees the retirement plan governance and fiduciary responsibilities for his clients, along with their administration, operations and design. He has more than 20 years of broad experience working in retirement solutions, including managing plans for large, multi-hundred-million-dollar corporations as well as small businesses. Brian supports his clients by designing customized retirement plans that are focused on specific goals and needs. He also shares his knowledge through employee education programs to help plan participants navigate saving for retirement. Brian enjoys playing sports in his free time, and managing his son’s travel baseball team. He and his wife also have twin daughters.

Martin D. Hauptman Esq., is a Partner in the Trusts & Estates, Tax and Corporate practice groups of Mandelbaum Salsburg, Roseland. His practice primarily focuses on ERISA, pension planning and administration, estate planning and administration, business succession planning, entity formations and planning (including corporations, LLCs, Partnerships, etc.), mergers and acquisitions, IRS and state tax representation, tax and probate litigation, as well as federal and state tax matters.

Mr. Hauptman is a Certified Public Accountant who has significant experience in the design, drafting and termination of qualified plans, sophisticated estate planning, and corporate and individual tax planning. He has represented clients before the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities in complex tax matters, including audits of qualified plans and matters involving the I.R.S. closing agreement program. He has also in the past successfully concluded audits to prevent the disqualification of qualified plans; facilitated transfers of closely held businesses to create significant tax savings using ESOPs; developed creative corporate tax strategies for an airline, which resulted in substantial tax savings; and successfully negotiated with the Department of Labor to enable a profit sharing plan to invest in the employer’s business.

A member of the American Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association and the NJCPA, he earned his J.D. from Rutgers University Law School.