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New Orleans, LA 70170
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Tim Brechtel began his career with a national accounting firm, practicing in the areas of federal income taxation and employee benefits. His current practice focuses on assisting employers with establishing, administering, merging, and terminating qualified retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements under Code Section 409A, health plans, cafeteria plans, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, transportation, and other fringe benefit plans.

Mr. Brechtel reviews plan documents for compliance with applicable law and drafts plan documents, summary plan descriptions, and participant communications. He assists employers and service providers with establishing appropriate safeguards and procedures for protecting health information in accordance with HIPAA’s privacy requirements. He reviews qualified domestic relations orders and qualified medical child support orders and helps employers draft procedures for the review of such orders. His retirement plan experience includes both defined contribution and defined benefit plans.

Mr. Brechtel assists clients with employee benefit issues in connection with merger and acquisition transactions. He advises clients on fiduciary duty and prohibited transaction issues, including advice regarding the propriety of proposed transactions and preparing applications to governmental agencies to address compliance lapses. He assists employers ranging in size from sole proprietorships to large multinational corporations. 

Mr. Brechtel is a member of the Association of Employee Benefit Planners of New Orleans and the SouthWest Benefits Association (Board Member). He is also active in several local civic organizations, including the Camp Fire USA Greater New Orleans Council (President, Board of Directors) and the Benjamin Franklin High School Alumni Association (Board Member, past President).

Noteworthy

• Listed in the 2008 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Employee Benefits/ERISA (also listed in 2007)
• BV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.

News

• Forty Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in the 2008 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers
• Brechtel Appointed President of Board of Camp Fire USA Greater New Orleans Council
• Brechtel to Speak at Recent Updates in Estate Planning Seminar
• Forty-Seven Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in the 2007 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers; One In Top Ten, Four In Top Fifty, Two In Top Twenty-Five Women
• Jones Walker Sponsors the Tulane University Fifth Annual Family Business Wealth Planning Seminar
• Jones Walker Client Lone Star Fasteners Acquired by Dallas Private Equity Firm, Corporate & Securities Partner Buchanan Represents Lone Star In the Deal

Presentations

• "Loans, Distributions, and Other Times Money Moves", February 22, 2008
• "Enhancing Executive Compensation with Qualified Plans", November 16, 2007
• "Pension Protection Act of 2006", May 17, 2007
• "Changes to Defined Contribution Plans Under the Pension Protection Act", April 2, 2007
• "Roth 401(k)s and Pension Protection Act Changes Impacting Estate Planning with Retirement Plans", March 16, 2007
• "Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions", November 15, 2006

Publications

• "Same Benefits for John and Harry as John and Mary?"
  Louisiana Employment Law Letter, March 2005

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation)
• Association of Employee Benefit Planners of New Orleans
• Benjamin Franklin High School Alumni Association (Board Member, past President)
• Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization (Member, Tax Law Examination Committee, 2005–2006)
• Camp Fire USA Greater New Orleans Council (President, Board of Directors)
• Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation)
• SouthWest Benefits Association (Board Member)