Beth Allen advises employers, plan sponsors, and benefits professionals on the legal obligations imposed by federal and state benefits-related laws.

Beth began her career as an investigator for the Dallas Regional Office of the DOL Employee Benefits Security Administration. In that role, she reviewed health and welfare and retirement plans for compliance with ERISA, and worked with employers, service providers and other regulatory agencies to bring employee benefit plans into compliance.

Upon leaving the DOL, Beth served as benefits compliance counsel at an international brokerage, where she provided compliance guidance to employer plan sponsors and benefits professionals. As benefits counsel, she researched and summarized state and federal regulatory issues, developed and updated compliance tools, contributed to compliance-centered publications, and trained benefits firm personnel and clients on benefits laws.

Labor, Employment & Employee Benefits: Beth is an effective communicator with extensive knowledge of laws affecting retirement and health, welfare benefits and experience advising clients regarding M&A transactions. She is an experienced advisor to brokers, vendors, clients, and their attorneys on employee benefits-related compliance issues pertaining to healthcare reform (PPACA), ERISA, COBRA, Section 125, HIPPA, high-deductible health plans, FSA’s HRA’s, HSA’s, 401(k), and other retirement topics.