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Deborah Hembree
Of Counsel
201 17th Street NW
Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30363
Debbie regularly advises profit and nonprofit entities regarding all types of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans and welfare benefit plans. She assists them with the development and continued maintenance of their employee benefit plans, including audits and the correction of plan qualification and fiduciary issues with the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor. She...
Debbie regularly advises profit and nonprofit entities regarding all types of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans and welfare benefit plans. She assists them with the development and continued maintenance of their employee benefit plans, including audits and the correction of plan qualification and fiduciary issues with the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor. She designs executive compensation plans and assists with individual compensation packages, including severance packages. She works hand in hand with third party administrators and assists employers with the negotiation of their third party administrator and trustee contracts.
Debbie also assists clients involved in mergers and acquisitions by analyzing the various benefit issues and liabilities in connection with that corporate restructuring. Included in that analysis are issues involving employee stock ownership plans, equity and non-equity incentive programs, and plan mergers, spin-offs and terminations. On the health and welfare benefit side, Debbie advises clients on ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, and COBRA compliance, the implementation and maintenance of a wide variety of welfare benefit and fringe benefit plans, and privacy and security requirements and breaches.
Debbie’s clients include employers in all industries, nonprofit organizations, healthcare providers, universities and colleges, and governmental entities.
designs executive compensation plans and assists with individual compensation packages, including severance packages. She works hand in hand with third party administrators and assists employers with the negotiation of their third party administrator and trustee contracts.
Debbie also assists clients involved in mergers and acquisitions by analyzing the various benefit issues and liabilities in connection with that corporate restructuring. Included in that analysis are issues involving employee stock ownership plans, equity and non-equity incentive programs, and plan mergers, spin-offs and terminations. On the health and welfare benefit side, Debbie advises clients on ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, and COBRA compliance, the implementation and maintenance of a wide variety of welfare benefit and fringe benefit plans, and privacy and security requirements and breaches.
Debbie’s clients include employers in all industries, nonprofit organizations, healthcare providers, universities and colleges, and governmental entities.
Education
- University of Alabama School of Law, LLM (1999)
- University of Georgia School of Law, JD, cum laude (1990)
- University of Georgia, BS, magna cum laude (1987)
Admissions
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Florida
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Media
Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2024–2025)
- B-Metro Magazine, Top Women Lawyers (2015)
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Alabama State Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- State Bar of Florida
- Mobile Bar Association
Community
- Girl Scouts of North Central Alabama
Debbie regularly advises profit and nonprofit entities regarding all types of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans and welfare benefit plans. She assists them with the development and continued maintenance of their employee benefit plans, including audits and the correction of plan qualification and fiduciary issues with the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor. She... designs executive compensation plans and assists with individual compensation packages, including severance packages. She works hand in hand with third party administrators and assists employers with the negotiation of their third party administrator and trustee contracts.
Debbie also assists clients involved in mergers and acquisitions by analyzing the various benefit issues and liabilities in connection with that corporate restructuring. Included in that analysis are issues involving employee stock ownership plans, equity and non-equity incentive programs, and plan mergers, spin-offs and terminations. On the health and welfare benefit side, Debbie advises clients on ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, and COBRA compliance, the implementation and maintenance of a wide variety of welfare benefit and fringe benefit plans, and privacy and security requirements and breaches.
Debbie’s clients include employers in all industries, nonprofit organizations, healthcare providers, universities and colleges, and governmental entities.
Education
- University of Alabama School of Law, LLM (1999)
- University of Georgia School of Law, JD, cum laude (1990)
- University of Georgia, BS, magna cum laude (1987)
Admissions
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Florida
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Practice Areas
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2024–2025)
- B-Metro Magazine, Top Women Lawyers (2015)
- American Bar Association
- Alabama State Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- State Bar of Florida
- Mobile Bar Association
- Girl Scouts of North Central Alabama
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