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, 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 in Best Lawyers of America 2009 for Employee Benefits Law
• Listed in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition 2008 for Employee Benefits/ERISA
• Adjunct Professor, Georgetown LL.M. Program (teaches Health & Welfare Benefits)

Select News & Events

• Best Lawyers in America Honors 42 Steptoe Attorneys
• 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)
• Best Lawyers in America Honors 43 Steptoe Attorneys
• Teleconference: Final 409A Regulations: Deferred Compensation, May 1, 2007, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
• Anne Moran Speaks on Domestic Partner Benefits Issues to Consider at National CLE Conference, January 8, 2007
• Best Lawyers in America 2007 Lists Steptoe Attorneys
• Over 20 Make 2007 Best Lawyers in America: DC List
• Anne Moran Writes on Pension Leaks, Deferred Compensation

Publications

• ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide, Third Edition, 2009 Supplement
  2009
• Alert: Treasury Publishes Rules Regarding Executive Compensation Limits and Awards More Contracts
  October 23, 2008
• Wellness Programs: What’s Permitted?
  Fall 2008, Employee Relations Law Journal Vol 34, No 2
• Automatic Enrollment and Default Investment Features for 401(k) Plans: Do They Work for You?
  Summer 2008, Employee Relations Law Journal Vol 34, No 1
• New Section 403(b) Annuity Regulations: Nowhere to Hide
  Spring 2008, Employee Relations Law Journal Vol 33, No 4
• IRS and DOL Correction Procedures, chapter in ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide (3rd Edition).
• New 409A Regulations for Nonqualified Deferred Compensation: The End of the Beginning
  Fall 2007, Employee Relations Law Journal Vol 33, No 2
• Health Savings Accounts: Will New Legislative Changes Increase Their Use?
  Summer 2007, Employee Relations Law Journal Vol 33 No 1

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