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Julia AnnLove

PartnerPractice Group Leader, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensationmoc.eniHnospmohT@evoL.ailuJ
Cleveland

O 216.566.5686

Julia AnnLove

Partner
Practice Group Leader, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensationmoc.eniHnospmohT@evoL.ailuJ
Cleveland

O 216.566.5686

Focus Areas

  • “COVID-19 Implications: For Employers and Employees,” Health Action Counsel, March 24, 2020
  • “Compliance During the Employee Life Cycle,” Cleveland Collaboration for Non-Profit HR Professionals, November 20, 2019
  • “The Wild, Wild West of Health & Welfare Plans,” Thompson Hine Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, November 12, 2019
  • “2018 Legal Update,” Cleveland Collaboration for Non-Profit HR Professionals, November 13, 2018
  • “Wellness Programs after AARP v. EEOC, “ Thompson Hine Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, October 29, 2018
  • “Employee Benefits – The Trump Impact,” Thompson Hine Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, November 8, 2017
  • “The Trump Impact on Employee Benefits,” Cleveland Collaboration for Non-Profit HR Professionals, November 15, 2017
  • “Professionalism in the Practice of Law,” Quest Diagnostics Legal Department, May 31, 2017
  • “Wellness Programs: A Legal Overview,” Quest Diagnostics Legal Department, May 31, 2017
  • “The Trump Impact – The Potential Effect on Law and Policy”, March 1 and March 8, 2017
  • “Post Presidential Election Legislative Landscape,” Health Action Counsel webinar, December 8, 2016
  • “Employee Benefits Grab Bag,” Thompson Hine Annual Labor and Employment Seminar, October 27, 2016
  • “Navigating the Legal Minefield in 2016 and Beyond,” Cleveland Collaboration for Non-Profit HR Professionals, October 12, 2016
  • “Pension De-Risking and the PBGC,” American Conference Institute’s Minimizing Legal Risks in the Design, Implementation and Administration of Employee Benefit Plans, November 17, 2015
  • “Hot Topics in Employee Benefits Law,” Thompson Hine Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, November 3, 2015
  • “Preparing for 2016,” Cleveland Nonprofit HR Collaborative, October 13, 2015
  • “Affordable Care Act Update,” Thompson Hine Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, November 5, 2014
  • “Navigating the Intersection of Professional and Personal Life – DOMA, Marijuana and Social Media,” Thompson Hine Premier Client Summit, May 5, 2014
  • “The Impact of Health Care Reform on Your Organization,” Cleveland Chemical Association, October 25, 2013
  • “Wellness Programs: Complying with the HIPAA Final Regulations on Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs,” Anthem Client Seminar, September 27, 2013
  • “The Impact of Health Care Reform on Your Organization,” National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, August 20, 2013
  • “What CFOs Need to Know About Health Care Reform,” Avant Resources Webinar, July 24, 2013
  • “Thompson Hine 2013 Employee Benefits Update,” March 2013
  • “Health Care Reform: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment Seminar, December 2012
  • “New Directions in Health Care Benefits,” Health Action Counsel, Health Benefits Odyssey: 2014 and Beyond, November 2012
  • “The Supreme Court Health Care Decision: Impact on Group Health Plans and Employers,” Strafford Webinar, July 2012
  • “Avoiding Pitfalls: A Checklist of Employment & Benefits Issues to Consider in Mergers & Acquisitions,” May 2012
  • Thompson Hine 2012 Employee Benefits Update, April 2012
  • “Health Care Reform for the Tax Practitioner,” Tax Executives Institute, Inc., 2012
  • “HR Professional’s Guide to ERISA Fiduciary Duties,” Thompson Hine 2011 Labor & Employment Seminar, December 2011
  • “Creative Cost Management Strategies for Prescription Drug Plans,” Manufacturers’ Education Council, 8th Annual Summit on Controlling Health Care Costs, April 2011
  • “Welfare Traps for the Unwary,” Thompson Hine 2011 Employee Benefits Update, March 2011
  • “Workforce Restructurings,” Thompson Hine LLP Labor & Employment Roundtable, Cleveland, 2009
  • “Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Cleveland Tax Institute, Cleveland, October 2008
  • “Wellness Compliance and Consumerism,” Medina County Chapter of the Society of Human Resources Professionals, Medina, Ohio, September 2008
  • “Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Update,” Northeast Ohio Association of Corporate Counsel of America, Cleveland, February 2008
  • “Wellness Compliance and Consumerism,” Oswald Companies Seminar, Independence, Ohio, January 2008
  • “2007 Legislative Grab Bag – Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation,” Cleveland Chapter, International Certified Employee Benefits Society, Independence, Ohio, December 2007
  • “The Die is Cast – Final 409A Regulations Impact Employment and Severance Agreements,” Thompson Hine LLP Cleveland Labor & Employment Seminar, Cleveland, September 2007
  • “Application of Tax Code Section 409A to Employment and Severance Agreements,” RR Donnelly SEC Hot Topics Seminar, Cleveland, October 2006
  • “Employer Health Plans in 2006 and Beyond,” Thompson Hine LLP Cleveland Labor & Employment Seminar, Cleveland, June 2006
  • Selected to the Ohio Super Lawyers list, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Named a Crain’s Cleveland Business Notable Woman in the Law 2018
  • Selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Ohio, 2018 to 2023
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2016 to 2024 for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; named the Best Lawyers® 2023 Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Cleveland
  • Inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, 2016
  • Listed in The Legal 500 in Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, 2013, 2014, 2017 to 2023
  • YWCA Women of Professional Excellence Award, 2008

Professional Associations

  • American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, Fellow
  • WEB (Worldwide Employee Benefits) Network, Immediate Past President of the Steering Committee, Member, Cleveland Chapter, Co-Chair, Programs National Board
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Community Activities

  • Center for Community Solutions, Board of Directors
  • St. Joseph’s Academy, Board of Directors

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1994,
    cum laude
  • Boston University, B.A., 1991,
    magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio
  • New York
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