Ian A. Herbert

Ian A. Herbert

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Awarded Practice Areas
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Awarded Practice Areas
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Ian A. Herbert
Ian A. Herbert
McLean, VA
Works at
Greenberg Traurig

616 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Ian A. Herbert focuses his practice on all areas of employee benefits law. He has counseled clients on all aspects of the establishment and administration of pension and profit sharing plans, ESOPs, non-qualified deferred and executive compensation programs, equity and similar compensation plans, welfare benefit plans, cafeteria plans and VEBAs. In addition, he has wide-ranging experience in performing compliance reviews of qualified plan operations and assisting clients in correcting qualification and other compliance defects.



Ian has written articles on employee benefits law issues that have been published in national journals and has lectured on employee benefits topics for the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist Program, the Philadelphia Institute and the Wharton School.

Works at
Greenberg Traurig

616 Best Lawyers awards

Greenberg Traurig logo

Locations

Education

  • University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., graduated 1985
  • University of Pennsylvania, MBA, graduated 1987
  • Washington University in St. Louis, AB, graduated 1982

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • District of Columbia Bar Association - Member
  • Employee Benefit Committee, Tax and Business Sections - Member
  • Human Resources Leadership Awards of Greater Washington - Executive Co-Chair
  • National Association of Stock Plan Professionals - Member
  • Tax Section - Member

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Case History

Cases
  • Areas of Concentration
  • Employee benefits
  • Executive compensation
  • ERISA
  • Tax

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