Timothy R. Brown

Practices

• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Professional Experience

Tim is a member of Thompson Hine's Executive Committee and the former Practice Group Leader of the firm's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation practice group. He focuses his practice on employee benefits, executive compensation and ERISA, including analysis of benefit issues and liabilities in corporate mergers and acquisitions; creation, maintenance and termination of tax-qualified retirement plans and master trusts; development of non-qualified executive compensation arrangements; all facets of employee stock ownership plan implementation, financing and operation; welfare plan administration and documentation; compliance with SEC rules affecting the operation of benefit plans; IRS and Department of Labor plan audits; ERISA litigation; voluntary corrective actions under regulatory relief programs; early retirement incentive programs; flexible benefit plans; COBRA; multi-employer plans and withdrawal liability; governmental reporting obligations; and compliance with ERISA fiduciary and prohibited transaction rules.

Tim is admitted to practice in Ohio and Georgia.

Tim also practices in the Atlanta office:

Two Alliance Center
3560 Lenox Road, Suite 1600
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Phone: 404.541.2960

Education

• Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1987
• Xavier University, B.S.B.A., 1984, magna cum laude

• "Firms Not Providing Proper Retirement Training" · Cincinnati Business Courier, 1996
• "Changes in Benefits Part of Trade Treaty" · Cincinnati Business Courier, 1995
• Contributing Author · Pensions in Perspective, 3rd Edition
• Contributing Author · Welfare Benefits Guide 1990-91, Issue I

• Executive Compensation, No Longer Business As Usual, Cincinnati Business Courier, Business Law Roundtable Series, January 2005
• "Pension Crisis", WVXU Simply Money, 2004
• "Mutual Fund Investigations & Effect on 401(K) plans" , WVXU, Simply Money, 2003
• "New Millennium Employment Strategies - Managing Changing Obligations and Expectations", Thompson Hine LLP, May 2002
• "Post-Enron Retirement Legislation", WVXU, Simply Money, 2002
• "Insurance Company Demutualization and Effect on Benefit Plans", Certified Employee Benefits Specialists, March 2002
• "EGTRRA" seminar , Thompson Hine LLP, October 2001
• "1994 Employment Law and Employee Benefit Issues: A Checklist Approach to Compliance", Thompson Hine Seminar, 1994
• "Retirement Plan Update", Thompson Hine and Society National Bank Seminar, 1995
• "401(k) Plans - The Next Generation", Thompson Hine, WVXU and Financial Group, Ltd. Seminar, 1995
• "Pension Simplification & Health Care Legislation", Thompson Hine Seminar, 1996
• "Employee Benefits Update", Cincinnati Chapter of OSCPA, 1998
• "Current Retirement Plan Trends", WVXU, Simply Money, 1997
• "Conflicts in Employee Benefits Work", 10th Annual Cincinnati Employee Benefits Conference, 1997
• "Participant Education", WVXU, Simply Money, 1997, 1998
• "Pension Simplification", Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Tax Legislation Update Seminar, 1997
• "Tax Issues in Separation Agreements & Post-Employment Health Insurance & Other Benefits", Ohio CLE Institute, 1997
• "Employee Benefits Update ‘96 - Recent Developments and Future Trends", Cincinnati Chapter of OSCPA, 1996
• "Basics of Client Development and Client Relations", Cincinnati Bar Association, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
• "Participant Education and Plan Investments", WVXU, Simply Money, 1995
• "Overview of Qualified and Non-Qualified Retirement Plans", Cincinnati Chapter of OSCPA, 1994, 1995
• "Introduction to Qualified Retirement Plans and Overview of ERISA", Cincinnati/Dayton Chapter of International CEBS Society, 1994, 1996
• "What You Need to Know About Current Compliance Issues When Working With Qualified Plans and How to Design Alternate Plans to Maximize Your Client's Wealth", Cincinnati Chapter of IAFP, 1994
• "Maximizing Owner Benefits Through Qualified and Non-Qualified Retirement and Health Care Plans", Ohio CLE Institute, Summer Tax Institute, 1994
• "Retirement Planning", PNC Bank "Money Matters" Seminar Series, 1993
• "Qualification Requirements for Retirement Plans", Dayton Bar Association, 1993
• "Retirement Plans for Professional Businesses", PNC Bank "For Your Financial Health" Seminar Series, 1993

• Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine from 2003-2008 and 2010-2012 (ranked in the top 100 in 2008)
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2012
• Georgia Bankers' Association · Award in Estate Planning, 1987
• Featured in The American Lawyer, Big Deals Section, March 2006
• Listed in and ranked #1 in Ohio for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation by Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business