Welcome to Benefitsblog, a tax, benefits and ERISA law commentary and news filter, written and maintained by B. Janell Grenier, Esq., of the Grenier Law Office, a Philadelphia-area law firm. Ms. Grenier has over 20 years of experience counseling clients in all aspects of employee benefits law, including the design, drafting, implementation and administration of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, flexible compensation programs, welfare benefits plans, and fiduciary law aspects of ERISA. Her clients have included small private start-up companies, family-owned businesses, Fortune 100 companies, as well as tax-exempt and governmental entities. Ms. Grenier is admitted to practice law in the following states: Pennsylvania, Missouri, Oklahoma and Utah.
Ms. Grenier’s practice has involved her in extensive plan compliance work on behalf of clients, including plan compliance audits, submitting plans for correction under the IRS’ Employee Plan Compliance Resolution Program, obtaining prohibited transaction exemptions and advisory opinions from the Department of Labor and private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service. Her experience also includes representing Plan fiduciaries in governmental and adversarial proceedings and protection of Plan fiduciaries through ERISA fiduciary compliance programs.
Previous experience includes the following: Special Counsel, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Of Counsel, Ray, Quinney & Nebeker (Salt Lake City, Utah), Associate, Stinson, Morrison & Hecker LLP (Kansas City, Missouri), and Partner, Hartzog, Conger Cason & Neville (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).