Stephen R. Kern

Member
Chair, Employee Benefits
Harrisburg, PA
100 Pine Street, PO Box 1166 | Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
T 717.237.5350
F 717.260.1710

Steve provides advice and counsel to clients regarding all aspects of employee benefits programs, including the design, implementation and operation of taxqualified retirement plans, welfare benefit plans and executive compensation programs (including employment and termination agreements, deferred compensation arrangements, supplemental executive retirement plans and equity-based compensation programs). He regularly advises clients regarding fiduciary and risk management issues, the employee benefits aspects of mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, and assists clients in developing newly integrated employee benefits programs. Steve also serves as counsel to a number of Taft-Hartley multiemployer pension and welfare benefit funds.

Events / Speaking Engagements

Memberships and Affiliations

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Employee Benefits Law
  • ABA Tax Section, Employee Benefits Committee
  • ABA Labor and Employment Sectio, Employee Benefits Committee
  • Maryland Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • New Jersey Bar Association
  • District of Columbia Bar Association
  • Philadelphia Bar Association
  • Dauphin County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • ALFA International, Employee Benefits Practice Committee
  • ESOP Association
  • International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
  • ASPPA
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Education

  • Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1980
  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1983
  • Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Taxation, 1984

Bar Admissions

  • Maryland, 1984
  • District of Columbia, 1986
  • New Jersey, 1986
  • Pennsylvania, 1986