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Description of Practice:
Mark Grushkin is a partner in Allen Matkins' Century City office. He is a member of the Tax Department, serves as Chair of the firm's Employee Benefits Department. During his nearly 30 years of practice, he has been involved in a wide variety of employee benefits matters, including pension, profit-sharing, employee stock ownership, welfare plans and deferred compensation plans. His practice focuses on providing clients with employee benefit services involving mergers and acquisitions, qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and litigation.
Mark has extensive experience representing employers in benefits disputes with the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, and other government agencies. He has represented large public corporations, small and mid market companies, healthcare systems, nonprofit organizations, corporate trustees, and single employer plans.
His publications include:
"What's New on the Menu in Cafeteria Plans," University of Southern California Tax Institute
"Re-Examining the Cafeteria Plan Menu," Practicing Law Institute
"Employee Benefit Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions," Nonprofit Compensation, Benefits and Employment Law
"403(b) Plan Investment Responsibilities," Healthcare Human Resource Management, co-author
"Avoiding IRS Audits of Tax-Sheltered Annuities," Healthcare Human Resource Management, co-author
"Benefit Considerations in Workforce Reductions," Healthcare Human Resource Management, co-author
"The Extent of ERISA's Preemption of the Knox-Keane Act," California Health Law News
His speaking engagements include:
"Retirement Plan Trends and the Widening Gulf of Fiduciary Responsibility," Mid-Sized Pension Management Conference, October 2005
"Retirement Plan Trends and the Widening Gulf of Fiduciary Responsibility," American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, 41st Annual Conference, July 2004
"What's New on the Menu in Cafeteria Plans," University of Southern California Tax Institute
"Re-Examining the Cafeteria Plan Menu," Practicing Law Institute
Mark participates in numerous professional activities and is past president of the Employee Benefits Committee Subsection of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
Educational History:
He graduated from the California State University, Los Angeles with a B.S. in 1975, and went on to receive his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in 1978. | 