Areas of Practice
Industries
Bar Admissions
- Michigan, 1984
- Virginia, 1981
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Education
Vanderbilt University, J.D.
Duke University, A.B., magna cum laude
- with distinction
Meg Hunter heads Dykema's Employee Benefits Practice and is the former Assistant Practice Group Leader of the Firm's Tax Practice Group. She focuses on the design, implementation and administration of pension plans, welfare plans, fringe benefit plans, stock compensation plans and executive compensation arrangements for publicly owned, nonprofit, private and governmental employers. She also performs compliance audits on employee benefit plans and counsels clients regarding voluntary and involuntary compliance programs sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor. She works closely with automotive suppliers in the negotiation of unfunded liability securitization claims by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). In addition, Ms. Hunter advises clients on employee benefit plan issues in the context of mergers and acquisitions. A significant portion of her practice involves executive compensation. She counsels both employers and compensation committees on Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
Seminars & Speeches
- Getting Equity Compensation Right, Ann Arbor Spark
- Exploring Legal Issues Affecting Employers and Offering Proven Solutions, Dykema Employment Seminar
- Compensation in the Nonprofit World—Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans
- "Post 409A Final Regulations"
- Planning Strategies for Upcoming Retirement Plan and Executive Compensation Changes
- Hot Topics — Five 409A Issues
- Use of Equity Compensation in Emerging Businesses
- Change in Control Benefit Plan Tax and ERISA Issues
- Future of Early Retirement Programs
- Fiduciary Duties Under Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans
- Primer on Employee Stock Options
- Is Your Severance Pay Policy Subject to ERISA?
- Impact of Recent Legislation on Governmental Employee Benefit Plans
- Negotiating Executive Contracts and Compensation
News
- December 27, 2016
- March 17, 2016
- Transaction Valued at $160 Million; Significant Step in Helping Compuware Accelerate Topline Revenue Growth, Improve Future ProfitabilityMarch 14, 2014
- November 20, 2013
- Twenty-Three Other Dykema Lawyers Identified as Rising StarsSeptember 5, 2013
- $9.5 Million Deal Brings Print, Digital Platforms to Newly Formed AffiliateOctober 12, 2012
- Schlaybaugh, McDonald, Hunter, Metz, Grob Lend Skills to $912 Million TransactionSeptember 18, 2012
- June 13, 2012
- April 10, 2012
Alerts
- September 4, 2020
- September 2, 2020
- April 13, 2020
- April 8, 2020
- March 31, 2020
- March 30, 2020
- March 24, 2020
- December 9, 2019
- July 7, 2015
- October 14, 2013
- September 6, 2013
- July 24, 2013
- July 8, 2013
- June 28, 2013
- Take Time to Check Now, Before December 31, 2012November 20, 2012
- January 4, 2011
Press Releases
- September 18, 2020
- 18 Attorneys Earn “Lawyer of the Year” HonorsAugust 20, 2020
- Firm Ranked as One of the Top 10 in the Nation for Consumer Class ActionsApril 23, 2020
- August 22, 2019
- 18 Attorneys Earn “Lawyer of the Year” HonorsAugust 15, 2019
- April 25, 2019
- April 24, 2019
- September 7, 2018
- 13 Attorneys Earn “Lawyer of the Year” HonorsAugust 15, 2018
- May 3, 2018
- September 5, 2017
- 10 Attorneys Receive “Lawyer of the Year” HonorsAugust 15, 2017
- May 26, 2017
- November 14, 2016
- September 1, 2016
- 14 Attorneys Receive “Lawyer of the Year” HonorsAugust 15, 2016
- May 27, 2016
- November 16, 2015
- September 8, 2015
- 12 Attorneys Receive “Lawyer of the Year” HonorsAugust 18, 2015
- May 28, 2015
- November 20, 2014
- Firm Receives 10 “Lawyer of the Year” HonorsAugust 18, 2014
- Nearly One in Four Dykema Practitioners Earn Distinction; Seven Merit “Lawyer of the Year” HonorsAugust 16, 2013
- June 6, 2013
- More Than One in Four Dykema Practitioners Earn DistinctionAugust 23, 2012
- Rankings Put Firm’s Attorneys on Top of the Pack in 25 PracticesOctober 27, 2011
- June 20, 2011
- November 9, 2010
- November 3, 2010
- September 9, 2010
- June 29, 2010
- October 20, 2009
- June 25, 2009
Memberships & Involvement
- Michigan State Bar
- Virginia State Bar
- National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP)
- IRS Great Lakes Tax Exempt/Employee Plans Council, Emerita Member
Community/Civic Activities
- Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce Finance Committee
- Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce Membership Products Advisory Committee, Past Chairperson
- Duke University Alumni Admissions Committee of Detroit
- Duke University Alumni Club of Detroit, Past President
- Christ Church Cranbrook Episcopal Church, Chancellor
Awards & Recognition
Named a Leading Lawyer in Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Law by Chambers USA, 2020
Named Detroit "Lawyer of the Year" for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law by Best Lawyers In America® 2011
Named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in Michigan, 2010
Named a Leading Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Lawyer by Chambers USA, 2006-2019
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Employee Benefits (ERISA) and Executive Compensation, 2009-Present. Copyright 2015 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC
Named a Michigan Leading Lawyer in the area of Employee Benefits Law by the Leading Lawyers Network, 2014-2017. Law Bulletin Publishing Company
Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers® for Employee Benefits/ERISA, 2006-2013, 2015-Present
Named a Top Lawyer by dbusiness Magazine for Employee Benefits Law, 2010-2011 and 2014-2018
Recipient of an AV® Preeminent™ Rating by Martindale-Hubbell