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PRACTICE AREAS |
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Keightley
& Ashner LLP specializes
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All matters relating
to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
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Resolution of large
tax controversies |
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Legislative, regulatory,
and government relations law |
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Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation Matters |
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With nearly 75 years
of combined experience at the PBGC, the firm’s lawyers
provide sound and practical advice and effective representation
on all matters relating to the PBGC, including: |
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“Early Warning Program” involvement
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Business restructuring and financial workouts
involving PBGC-covered plans |
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Reportable events |
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Facility closings (ERISA Section 4062(e) liability) |
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Annual employer reports |
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Standard terminations and related audits |
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Participant notices and related audits |
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Distress terminations |
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Information penalty assessments |
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Involuntary terminations |
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Premiums and related audits and penalties |
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Employer liability disputes |
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Benefit valuation and payment disputes |
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Bankruptcy claims and related disputes |
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PBGC regulatory and legislative initiatives |
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Multiemployer plan disputes |
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The attorneys at Keightley
& Ashner LLP know the
law surrounding PBGC issues and, based on their many years of
experience in providing legal advice and representation to the
PBGC, can give you invaluable guidance on how the PBGC is likely
to react to a wide variety of fact patterns. |
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Keightley
& Ashner LLP provides
a PBGC premium refund service that
can identify significant premium overpayments, with no charge
unless the PBGC approves a request for a refund or credit. |
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Resolution
of Large Tax Controversies |
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The firm provides independent,
experienced advice on how to deal with the IRS and the courts
on large tax controversies.
In his many years in responsible positions at the IRS Chief
Counsel's Office, Jim Keightley has dealt with virtually all
types of tax controversies in the context of audits and litigation.
As the IRS Associate Chief Counsel for Litigation, he was
responsible for supervising all areas of tax litigation, including
summons enforcement, liens, levies, collection, bankruptcy,
Tax Court litigation, criminal tax matters, refund litigation,
and appellate litigation. And as Special Counsel for Large
Cases, he was responsible for managing the development of
the largest and most significant cases in IRS’s nationwide
inventory of cases. Of particular note, he was the IRS’s
team leader for its “Intangibles Settlement Initiative,”
a key IRS program that provided a settlement structure for
closing out hundreds of cases without litigation. Jim is also
an expert in the arcane issues that arise in audits, litigation,
and criminal investigations relating to disclosure of tax
information under section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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The firm can help you
in the area of tax controversy management and cost containment
by: |
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Providing independent review of "hazards
of litigation'' settlements |
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Assessing the probability of success on appeals of
adverse trial court decisions of the Tax Court, Court
of Federal Claims, or federal district courts |
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Advising you on the selection and management of trial
counsel in large case litigation |
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Providing mediation and arbitration services to resolve
large tax controversies |
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Legislative,
Regulatory, and Government Relations Law |
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The lawyers at Keightley
& Ashner LLP have many
years of experience serving in various roles at the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Internal Revenue Service,
the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the U.S. Merit Systems
Protection Board, and the U.S. Civil Service Commission. Our
extensive government experience gives us a unique understanding
of how government decisions are made. We will help you in: |
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Monitoring the latest developments relating
to legislative, regulatory, enforcement, or other government
initiatives |
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Analyzing the prospects that these initiatives will
be implemented and, if so, their likely effects |
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Developing your views and a strategy for gathering support
from various stakeholders |
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Advocating your views to the right people in government |
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Our technical expertise
in the areas of pension law, bankruptcy law, tax law, and Federal
employment law provides valuable credibility to our legislative,
regulatory, and government relations practice. |
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