Charles A. Storke is a San Francisco, California attorney with more than 40 years of experience advising clients in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law. At Trucker Huss APC, he represents regional, statewide, and local multiemployer pension and health and welfare plans, including the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund, one of the largest Taft-Hartley trusts in the United States.
Mr. Storke counsels trustees and plan sponsors on a broad range of employee benefits and ERISA matters involving multiemployer plans. His practice includes advising fiduciaries on governance, plan administration, compliance with federal laws and regulations, and addressing the differing interests and perspectives of employer-appointed and union-appointed trustees in collective decision-making processes.
He has extensive experience handling tax qualification and Internal Revenue Code matters affecting multiemployer pension plans. Mr. Storke also advises financially troubled pension plans regarding funding obligations under the Pension Protection Act and assists contributing employers and labor organizations in understanding how funding requirements may affect collective bargaining and labor negotiations.
Mr. Storke was directly involved in developing the multiemployer funding relief provisions of the Pension Relief Act of 2010, providing him with valuable insight into the legislative and regulatory framework governing employee benefit plans.
