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Rhiannon’s focus includes counseling plan sponsors, trustees and institutional service providers regarding Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Code compliance, fiduciary and trust standards, and strategies for plan design, modification and administration. She advises benefit plan clients in both the private and public sectors.

Mike counsels clients on ERISA and tax matters and leads the litigation practice area at Song Mondress, including acting as counsel in complex class action ERISA cases. His role in the firm's counseling practice includes trust and fiduciary prudence and loyalty analysis regarding private and governmental plans, plan design to comply with ERISA and tax qualification requirements, benefit appeals, procedural prudence, and resolving subrogation issues for self-funded health plans. He also advises clients on federal legislation issues such as COBRA, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.. Mike has spoken at continuing education seminars for attorneys, plan trustees, and other plan professionals, and has served as an arbitrator in ERISA claim litigation.

Margret concentrates her practice on advising clients in all aspects of plan design and compliance for numerous types of employee benefit and executive compensation plans including nonqualified deferred compensation plans; qualified retirement plans (such as Code Section 401(k), profit-sharing, and defined benefit plans); tax-deferred annuities (such as Code Section 403(b) plans); health and welfare benefits (such as health and dental plans, cafeteria plans, HSAs, FSAs, HRAs, wellness programs and employee assistance programs); equity compensation (such as incentive stock option and nonqualified stock option plans) and non-taxable fringe benefits (such as qualified transportation plans and DCAPs). She counsels clients during each step of plan design from plan selection and drafting to choosing appropriate funding vehicles such as custodial accounts, voluntary employee beneficiary trusts, insurance contracts or self-funding. Her knowledge of ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, PHSA, and Code Section 409A and other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code is crucial in advising clients regarding the complex requirements that must be satisfied to maintain compliance with the law. Margret also counsels public and private companies regarding employee benefit plan issues in mergers, acquisitions, financing and other major business transactions.

Jason W. Anderson, a shareholder at Carney Badley Spellman, P.S., focuses on civil appeals, which he has handled for nearly two decades in Washington’s appellate courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Jason represents both public and private clients in all manner of appeals. His appellate experience includes cases involving personal injuries, wrongful death, insurance, products liability, commercial disputes, family law, and more. Many of his appeals involve seven or eight-figure jury verdicts or civil penalties. Jason has significant experience working with trial counsel before and during trial to preserve issues for appeal.. Before entering private practice, Jason served as a judicial clerk at the Washington State Court of Appeals.

I practice in the areas of employment law, health law and business, handling such matters as employment agreements, non-competes, independent contractor agreements, wages, overtime, employee benefits, discrimination and harassment, workplace injuries, disability, discipline and discharge, EEOC and Human Rights Commission charges, unemployment benefits, L & I claims, HIPAA, Department of Health charges, medical practice business and personnel issues, health care regulations, physician misconduct and discipline, and patient complaints.

I am an attorney representing insurance policyholders and employees. After practicing insurance and employment law in Pittsburgh, PA for many years, I relocated to Seattle in 2017 with my wife, a native of the Pacific Northwest. Since then, I have continued representing insurance policyholders and employees throughout Washington and am enjoying exploring the beautiful Washington wilderness.. People I represent include: Holders of insurance policies (such as life, auto, disability, long term care, or homeowner's insurance) whose insurance companies fail to honor their obligations under their policies, for example, by unreasonably refusing to pay benefits that are due under the policy or otherwise acting unfairly.Employees whose employers discriminate against them in violation of Federal and Washington civil rights laws, for instance, through underpayment, harassment, or retaliation for complaining about discrimination. Note: I'm proud to have been well-reviewed by former clients and endorsed by other attorneys, but please keep in mind that those reviews or endorsements don't constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

At Song Mondress we represent single employer, multiemployer, and government benefit benefit plans.  Those plans include retirement (pension, defined contribution, and 401(k)), health, cafeteria (including DCAP and FSA), education, life and disability, and executive compensation programs.. Our clients' plans range in size from several million in assets to more than $60 billion.  Our clients range from nonprofits and governments to Fortune 50 companies.. We assist plan fiduciaries and sponsors with all issues that impact benefit plans, including tax, fiduciary/ERISA, HIPAA/privacy, disclosure, claims for benefits, DOL and IRS audits, litigation, and technical compliance.  If a client has an issue involving an employee benefit plan or ERISA, we've likely seen it before.. Find out more about Song Mondress PLLC at