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J. Thomas
(Tom)
Cristy
| Partner
Firmwide Chair, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice
Tom Cristy, a partner in the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation practice, focuses on employee benefits, ERISA and executive compensation. He has more than 18 years of experience drafting and reviewing employee benefit plans and counseling clients with respect to employee benefits and executive compensation, including ERISA, qualified plans, (pension, profit sharing, 401(k) and employee stock ownership plans), non-qualified deferred compensation, supplemental executive retirement plans, COBRA, health and other welfare benefit plans, cafeteria plans, fringe benefits and fiduciary compliance. Tom also counsels clients with respect to IRS and DOL audits and employee benefits litigation, as well as advises clients on employee benefits aspects of merger, acquisition, disposition and financing transactions.
Professional Recognition
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America
Professional Leadership
- American Bar Association, Tax Section
- Western Pension and Benefits Conference, Member
- Seattle Pension Roundtable, Member
- Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants
Related Employment
- Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI, Associate, 1988 - 1992
- Ernst & Young, Minneapolis, MN, Senior Auditor, 1982 - 1985
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- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1988
Managing Editor, Michigan Yearbook of International Legal Studies
- University of Wisconsin, B.B.A., Accounting and Data Processing, magna cum laude, 1982
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