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Thomas C. Senter

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Mr. Senter's practice focuses primarily on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation.  He provides counsel to employers, senior executives, Boards of Directors and Board Committees.

Mr. Senter has extensive experience related to equity and non-equity based qualified and non-qualified retirement and compensation plans, stock option and deferred compensation arrangements, fiduciary issues under ERISA, plan qualification and administration issues, and employee health and welfare plans.  He also advises clients on compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Affordable Care Act, HIPAA and COBRA, and assists in the negotiation and drafting of employment and separation agreements.

Lawyer Bio

Mr. Senter's practice focuses primarily on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation.  He provides counsel to employers, senior executives, Boards of Directors and Board Committees.

Mr. Senter has extensive experience related to equity and non-equity based qualified and non-qualified retirement and compensation plans, stock option and deferred compensation arrangements, fiduciary issues under ERISA, plan qualification and administration issues, and employee health and welfare plans.  He also advises clients on compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Affordable Care Act, HIPAA and COBRA, and assists in the negotiation and drafting of employment and separation agreements.

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Education:

  • New York University, LL.M. in Taxation, graduated 1982
  • St. John's University, J.D., graduated 1979
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.S., cum laude, graduated 1975

Bar Admissions:

  • New Jersey, NJ - 1982
  • New York, NY - 1980

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Member, Taxation Section; Employee Benefits Committee
  • American College of Employee Benefits Counsel - Fellow
  • Englewood Hospital and Medical Center - Chairman of the Board of Trustees; Chairman of its parent System Board
  • New Jersey State Bar Association - Member, Taxation Law Section; Employee Benefits Committee
  • New York State Bar Association - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Areas of Expertise:

  • ERISA
 

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Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP
http://www.greenbaumlaw.com
 
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Metro Corporate Campus One
99 Wood Avenue South
Iselin, NJ 08830-2712
(732) 549.5600
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Lawyer Case History

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Representation of sellers of stock in a corporation with a significantly overfunded defined benefit pension plan which was assumed by the purchaser upon closing

Plan Sponsors

Representation of plan sponsors before the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Labor under the voluntary correction programs maintained by those agencies

Recapitalization and Takeover

Representation of the new Board of Directors of a bank under regulatory supervision in connection with the recapitalization and takeover of control of the bank and the issuance of equity compensation to the new Officers and Directors

Employment and Benefit Issues

Representation of a non-profit hospital on senior management employment and benefit issues involved in the intended formation of a new healthcare system in New Jersey

Employment and Deferred Compensation Agreements

Representation of the President/CEO of a New Jersey Medical Center with annual revenues of several hundred million dollars, in the negotiation and preparation of employment and deferred compensation agreements

Pension Plan

Representation of the directors of a bankrupt pension plan sponsor, and the trustees of an underfunded pension plan in connection with the assumption of the plan by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Withdrawal Liability

Negotiations with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on behalf of an individual against whom the PBGC asserted a claim for withdrawal liability in excess of $7 million

Internal Review

Representation of a public company in connection with an internal review of all of its previously issued and outstanding stock options and warrants to confirm that the prior grants and exercises were appropriately reported for securities laws, income taxation and payroll purposes

Employment Separation Package

Negotiation of an employment separation package on behalf of the President/CEO of a U.S. operating subsidiary of a Korean automobile manufacturer

Retiree Health Coverage

Review and assistance with the restructuring of retiree health coverage provided by a college for its current and former faculty members in order to reduce the college’s expenses and limit its future liability exposure under the arrangement

Benefits Plan

Representation of an actuarial consulting firm in its defense of allegations that it had improperly handled the calculation of benefits payable upon plan termination to the financial detriment of the plan sponsor

Deferred Compensation Package

Restructuring of a deferred compensation package for the retiring CEO of a federal credit union to avoid the immediate recognition of income upon employment termination

Plan Fiduciary

Representation of a benefits consulting firm in the defense of claims brought against it by the U.S. Department of Labor which asserted that the firm was a plan fiduciary responsible for the misappropriation of plan assets