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Ann Arbor
Tel 734 213 3261
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Lynn McGuire

Lynn McGuire is a shareholder based in Butzel Long’s Ann Arbor office.  She graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1997), where she was a Student Note Editor for the Journal of College and University Law, and received a degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan – Dearborn (B.A., with Distinction, 1993).

Ms. McGuire concentrates her practice in the area of employee benefits law. 

Before joining Butzel Long Ms. McGuire was a partner in a private practice, providing services to various fiduciaries including fringe benefit fund sponsors and Boards, creating fringe benefit trust funds, plan documents, summary plan descriptions, summaries of material modifications and other ERISA notices.  She has managed complex civil litigation matters, including ERISA-based fiduciary liability claims, prohibited transactions, and pension investment litigation.  Ms. McGuire has counseled fiduciaries facing mergers, plant closings, and plan terminations.  She has significant experience representing clients in Department of Labor audits and investigations.

Experience

Advised on large multistate welfare plan’s contracts for administering and/or insuring medical, prescription drug, life, long-term disability, short-term disability, flexible spending accounts, and employee assistance program
Assisted tier one auto supplier in the termination of retirement plans following plant closing, affecting unionized and salaried employees; analyzed legal issues involving ongoing retiree welfare obligations, assisted with reporting and disclosure
Restructured and re-drafted plan and summary plan description documents, changing to wrap document format with multiple attachments providing tiered welfare benefits for large tier one auto supplier
Negotiated complex administrative service and outsourcing agreement for group of large related 401(k) plans
Provided strategic advice and analysis for publicly traded Fortune 500 company on approach to managing multiemployer pension funds in endangered or critical status and withdrawal liability risks for more than 100 multiemployer pension funds