Margaret Adams Hunter Member

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. Clients quoted in Chambers USA 2021 noted Ms. Hunter “is an outstanding lawyer in the employee benefits area; she is smart, organized and very knowledgeable."