As a member of Barclay Damon’s Employee Benefits and Labor & Employment Practice Areas, Alexandra possesses a unique blend of ERISA, employee benefits, and federal and state labor law experience. She has advised companies at all stages of development—from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies—on the local, state, and federal laws governing their employee benefit plans. Alexandra also has experience defending employment discrimination claims and assisting with workplace investigations of discrimination and harassment claims.
Alexandra concentrates her practice on advising leadership, human resources teams, and board members on litigation and liability risks associated with their employee benefit programs. She regularly advises for-profit and non-profit entities, insurers, and plan service providers on issues relating to ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, COBRA, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), HIPAA, and state insurance laws. She counsels clients on how to minimize liability under these laws while providing the greatest benefits to plan participants and beneficiaries.
Alexandra routinely drafts employee benefit plan documents and summary plan descriptions, employee handbooks, employment agreements, severance agreements, employment policies and procedures, and counsels clients through communications with employees.
On behalf of her clients, Alexandra regularly negotiates contracts, including employee benefit plan administrative-service agreements and business-associate contracts. She also analyzes employee benefit plan compliance and transition planning issues in connection with corporate sales, mergers, and acquisitions.
Alexandra has represented plan sponsors and fiduciaries in connection with IRS and US Department of Labor investigations and enforcement matters. She has also defended clients against claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and NYS Division of Human Rights.