Lobbying Affiliate: MML&K Government Solutions
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Honors & Awards

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, 2005-2024 (Employee Benefits Law ERISA)

Admissions

Kentucky, 1990

Education

1979, B.A., Calvin College (Honors)

1980, M.A., University of Michigan

1984, M.B.A., University of Southern California

1990, J.D., Boston College Law School

Overview

Alan Pauw's practice covers some territory, including healthcare, employee benefit matters, Wills and Trusts, as well as general business and corporate matters. He is essentially a business and tax lawyer, and he represents small family corporations involved in sale transactions and many physicians whom he assists with contractual issues related to buy-ins and healthcare compliance and general employment matters.

A significant part of Alan's practice involves representation of public pension plans and ERISA retirement plans, including Tax Code compliance, fiduciary liability issues and non-qualified deferred compensation. He is responsible for McBrayer's prototype plan document, which is an IRS pre-approved retirement plan document that many of the firm's employer clients use.  Tax and corporate law involve analytic issues and personal relationships; these elements are what attracted Alan to practice in these areas of the law.

Estate planning and probate matters bring Alan's practice in front of families that need to make important decisions, and as such, he enjoys making a positive difference in their lives as they address family, legal and tax matters.

Alan's goal for clients first and foremost is to solve their problems, and in that process to explain in straightforward language what the legal issues are. Alan recognizes that no lawyer knows all the facts of any surrounding circumstance, so he considers it paramount that a lawyer ask questions which elicit facts that the client may not at first divulge. He believes that a good result is only obtained when the client brings all of the relevant facts and works together with the lawyer to come to a satisfactory resolution, settlement, negotiation, transaction agreement or whatever the task may be.

Primary Practice

Kentucky Leader

Professional Activities

Professional Activities

  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • Louisville Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Louisville Benefits Council
  • Louisville Estate Planning Council
  • Toastmasters International

Community Involvement

  • Louisville Employee Benefits Council
  • Deferred Compensation Practitioners
  • Louisville Forum, Member
  • Social Security Payee
  • Session Elder at Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church

News & Insights

Seminars & Speaking Engagements

  • A Seminar for Employers
    The Mane on Main, 201 East Main Street, 15th Floor, Lexington, Kentucky, March 22, 2023
  • A Seminar for Employers
    500W Training Center, 500 West Jefferson Street, 4th Floor, Louisville, Kentucky, March 21, 2023
  • 401(k) Fiduciary Topics, Helm Creznic Wilhoit
    November 2018
  • Entering Practice
    University of Louisville, June 2017
  • Asset Protection Planning
    March 2017
  • Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
    September 2015
  • Fiduciary Liability Under ERISA
    June 2015
  • Human Resources Topics
    Elizabethtown, KY, 2011
  • Financial Reform Update
    Lousville, KY, 2011
  • Fiduciary & Other Liabilities
    Louisville, KY, 2010
  • HIPAA, Stark, Medical Compliance
    Louisville, KY, 2010
  • Entering Practice Contract Negotiations
    Louisville, KY, 2009
  • Identity Theft
    Louisville, KY, 2009
  • Required Distributions From Retirement Plans/IRA's
    June 2001

Articles

  • Plan Sponsor Fiduciary Summit
  • Legal Reform and Affect on Advisors
    January 2011
  • Roth Conversion
    December 2009
  • Business Considersations for Practicing Medicine
    January 2008
  • Issues to Consider When Hiring Employees
    Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, June 2005
  • Health Law Update
    May 2005
  • Is Your Organization Ready for HIPAA Security
    June 2004
  • 401(k) Plans and Fiduciary Responsibilities
    March 2004
  • Complying With New HIPAA Standards
    January 2004
  • IRA Planning:  Strategies for Transferring and Preserving Wealth
    November 2003
  • Employee Fringe Benefits in Kentucky:  Understanding the Issues
    May 2003
  • Nuts and Bolts of 401(k) Plans
    November 2002
  • Hot Topics in Estate Planning
  • Retirement Plan Legal Issues
  • Required Minimum Distributions From IRA's

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