Anne E. Moran

Partner

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Anne E. Moran is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where she is a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits, Taxation, and ERISA groups.

She advises clients on executive compensation issues and on benefits compliance issues arising under retirement plans (including 401(k), 403(b), ESOPs and cash balance plans), as well as cafeteria, health, and other benefit plans. She has represented clients during Internal Revenue Service audits, particularly those involving the funding of welfare plans and VEBAs, and in the Voluntary Compliance Resolution and CAP Programs for pension plans. She has assisted clients in Department of Labor audits, and represented clients both as a congressional lobbyist and in the federal regulatory process. Ms. Moran has significant experience with insurance products, particularly those that are used to finance employee benefits and executive compensation programs, including experience with split-dollar life insurance.

Ms. Moran was Tax Counsel for the US Senate Finance Committee, from 1983-86, with responsibility for benefits and insurance issues. She served on the ERISA Advisory Council for the US Department of Labor, and as the Chair of the Joint Committee on Employee Benefits for the American Bar Association and as Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee for the District of Columbia Bar Association. Ms. Moran is an adjunct professor with the Georgetown University LL.M. program and writes and speaks frequently on employee benefits matters. Her publications have been included in the Journal of Taxation, Tax Management, and The Employee Relations Law Journal.    

Noteworthy

• Listed under for Employee Benefits Law in Best Lawyers in America (2012)
• Ranked for DC: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers (2011)
• Recommended for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation by Legal 500 US (2011)
• Listed under for Employee Benefits/ERISA in Washington, DC Super Lawyers (2011) 
• Recommended for Tax Controversy by Legal 500 US (2009)
• Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown LL.M. Program (teaches Health & Welfare Benefits)

Select News & Events

• The New York Times Cites Two Steptoe Partners on Offshore Tax Shelters
• Steptoe Advises Parsons Corporation in Acquisition of SPARTA
• Steptoe Receives 67 Individual Mentions from Best Lawyers
• Steptoe Receives 13 Practice, 45 Individual Mentions in Legal 500 United States 2011
• Washington, DC Super Lawyers Honors Steptoe Attorneys
• Steptoe Receives 18 Practice, 56 Individual Mentions in Chambers USA 2011
• Annual Employment Law Update, February 17, 2011, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
• Annual Employment Law Update: What In-House Counsel and HR Executives Need to Know, March 2, 2010, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
• Rhonda Bolton and Anne Moran present webinar on stimulus package changes to COBRA, March 12, 2009
• Current Issues in Employee Benefits: Tax Executives Institute, May 2008
• Annual Employment Law Update: What In-House Counsel and HR Executives Need to Know, March 4, 2008, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
• Teleconference: Final 409A Regulations: Deferred Compensation, May 1, 2007, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)

Selected Publications

• Explaining Plan Changes: Lessons from the Supreme Court in CIGNA v. Amara
  Winter 2011, Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3
• Terminating 403(b) Arrangements : IRS Guidance Answers Some Questions, Avoids Others
  September 2011, Employee Relations Law Journal
• Roth In-Plan Conversions: New Opportunities for 401(k), 403(b), and Governmental 457(b) Plans
  March 14, 2011, Employee Relations Law Journal
• The HEART Act: Additional Rules and Opportunities for Plans to Provide Benefits for Employees in Military Service
  Employee Relations Law Journal, Vol. 36, No.3, Winter 2010
• Health Reform: What Employers Need to Consider
  Fall 2010, Employee Relations Law Journal
• Waivers and Severance Arrangements: EEOC Announcement Offers Reminders for Employers
  May 5, 2010, Employee Relations Law Journal
• HIPAA’s Special Enrollment Rights: Today's News
  February 24, 2010, Employee Relations Law Journal
• Economic Stimulus Package Contains New Parity Rules for Mental Health Benefits
  Fall 2009, Employee Relations Law Journal Vol 35, No 2

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