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Attorney
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Attorney
Career Profiles of the Profession
Who?
Name:
Stuart M. Lewis
lewissm@silum.bipc.com
What?
Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields:
ERISA, employee benefits, executive compensation & related areas.
When?
In Practice Area:
Since 1971
In the Legal Profession:
Since 1970
Where?
Employer:
Silverstein and Mullins, a Division of Buchanan Ingersoll, PC
http://www.silmul.bipc.com
Size/Sector:
400+ lawyers
City/State:
Washington, DC
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Law School:
University of Virginia
Undergraduate School/Degree:
University of Virginia
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Why?
Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area:
Specialized area that is in great demand. The specialty is, however, highly complex and involves many different disciplines.
Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area:
Strong knowledge of tax, ERISA, securities and various related fields.
Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice Area:
Develop strong tax skills first as a base and them move into ERISA.
How?
Career Path to Current Position:
Associate to partner.
Bar Affiliations and Activities:
Washington DC; Virginia
Recent Professional Presentations:
District of Columbia Bar Association [informal] presentation on the Treasury Department's new guidance on split-dollar life insurance arrangements, April 4, 2001, Washington, DC.
Enrolled Actuaries Meeting, March 1999; March 2000, March 2001.
Investment Company Institute, Annual Conference 2000.
MICPEL (Deferred Compensation and Other Executive Compensation Issues), 2000.
Practising Law Institute Executive Compensation Conference, "Uses of Split-Dollar Life Insurance After IRS Notice 2001-10," September 24, 2001, New York.
Tax Management Educational Institute, 2000.
Transamerica Insurance & Investment Group, "A View From Washington," October2000.
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