Mr. Neville is an Officer in the Employee Benefits Practice Group. He handles a variety of employee benefit issues involving qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare arrangements, cafeteria plans and executive compensation.
While much of Mr. Neville's practice focuses on proactive planning, design and compliance for various benefit structures, he has also successfully represented clients in connection with Department of Labor audits, IRS and Department of Labor compliance programs and private civil actions.
Publications
- Interview, Full-time-equivalent rules proposed by IRS have employers questioning hiring strategies, experts say, Illinois Business Journal (article published in the February 2013 edition)
- "Businesses need to address withdrawal liability burdens", Southern Business Journal (pg. 9, July 2012)
- Employee Benefits Client Alert: Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
- Employee Benefits Client Alert: COBRA provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- New COBRA Rules: ARRA You Ready?, Small Business Monthly Magazine (April, 2009)
- Interview, COBRA Revision Places Extra Burden on Businesses, St. Louis Business Journal (article published April 24, 2009)
- Interview, Is Your Plan in Order? How Fiduciaries Can Protect Themselves in Today’s Economy, Smart Business St. Louis (February, 2009)
- Difficult Economic Times: Ten Steps for Fiduciaries, The St. Louis Bar Journal (Winter, 2009)
- "Benefits Update: HIPAA Electronic Security Standards." Employee Benefits Department. (Fall 2004)
- "Benefits Update: New Rules for 2005." Employee Benefits Department. (Fall 2004)
- Interview, Companies Face Issues About Mutual Fund Crisis, St. Louis Business Journal (December 19, 2003)
Media Quotes
Seminars
- "Recent Developments Affecting Employee Benefit Plans". International Association of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists - St. Louis Chapter (November 9, 2010)
- Health Care Reform: What Does This Mean for My Business, 2010
- Total Information AM interview: Health Care Reform, KMOX Radio (June 17, 2010)
- ARRA COBRA Subsidy, ADP Webinar (March 17, 2009)
- ARRA COBRA Subsidy, ADP Webinar (March 10, 2009)
- Health Benefits Seminar, Missouri Bankers Association (November 14, 2006)
- Code § 409A Overview, Southern Chapter of the Illinois CPA Society (June 23 ,2006)
- Employee Benefits for Non-Benefits Lawyers and Other Professionals, Employee Benefits Section, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (May 25, 2006)
- What Lawyers Need to Know About Code § 409A (and Why), Meritas Labor and Employment Section, Meritas Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada (April 21, 2006)
- What Lawyers Need to Know About Code § 409A (and Why), Meritas Tax Section, Meritas Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada (April 20, 2006)
- Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions, Employee Benefits Section, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (January 26, 2006)
- Health Reimbursement Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, Section 125 Cafeteria Plans and COBRA, Lorman Education Services, St. Louis, Missouri (February 17, 2005)
- Employee Benefits Legal Update, St. Louis Chapter of Certified Employee Benefits Specialists, Frontenac, Missouri. (November 9, 2004)
- Legal Roundtable Discussion: Health Savings Accounts, Human Resource Management Association of Greater St. Louis, Clayton, Missouri. (October 20, 2004)
- Section 125 Update and Health Savings Accounts, Employee Benefits Section, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (August 26, 2004)
- Section 125 Cafeteria Plans, Lorman Education Services seminar, St. Louis, Missouri. (June 24, 2004)
- Health Law Legal Update and Hot Topics, Kansas City area medical group managers, Kansas City, Missouri (2003)
- Managed Care Contracts, Johnson County Community College MHA program, Overland Park, Kansas (2002)
- COBRA Basics, Insurance Center Seminar, Springfield, Missouri (2001)
- COBRA Basics, Kansas City area human resource managers, Kansas City, Missouri (1998)