Attorneys
Our experienced staff includes:
- Alex M. Brucker, founder of Brucker & Morra, is a nationally recognized speaker, writer, and authority on employee benefits. He began his ERISA practice in 1974, and is noted as the co-designer of the widely used Brentmark Pension and Roth IRA Analyzer software.
- Linda Russano Morra is an expert on the family law, taxation, ERISA aspects of pension and profit sharing plans. She co-created the interim QDRO (Qualified Domestic Relations Order) with partner Alex Brucker.
- Michael L. Cotter has primary responsibility for the firm's IRS controversy work. He has also developed the firm's volume submitter pension, profit sharing, and 401 (k) plans, which are used widely by pension professionals.
- Meredith J. Sesser is best known as being the voice of Brucker & Morra. As the designated client contact, Meredith is available immediately or within a few hours of a client’s call. Among the calls she fields are those from licensed administrators with legal questions about their own multitudes of client plans.
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Cathryn B. Sportsman concentrates on tax and ERISA compliance, including qualified plans and prohibited transaction analyses. For non-qualified deferred compensation plans, she handles Section 409A document and operational compliance reviews.
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Jeremy M. Pelphrey centers his practice on drafting individually designed qualified plans, including ESOPs, maintaining tax and ERISA compliance, and handling merger and acquisition transactions. He has expertise in health and welfare benefit and cafeteria plans and he analyzes COBRA and HIPAA compliance issues.
