Lydia is a partner in the Employee Benefits + Executive Compensation Practice Group. She assists clients with the design and implementation of employee benefits plans, and regularly advises clients on the wide variety of compliance issues that arise in the administration of those plans. Lydia has broad experience with both tax-qualified retirement plans, such as 401(k), 403(b) and defined benefit plans, and nonqualified plans. She has worked extensively with clients on compliance issues related to both self-insured and fully-insured health and welfare benefits plans, including group health plans, severance plans, life insurance plans, and disability plans. Her experience with health and welfare benefits plans includes advising on ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, and Internal Revenue Code compliance. Lydia also assists clients with the benefits and compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions, the negotiation of administrative services agreements and other vendor contracts, governance and fiduciary issues, and the administration of claims and appeals.
Representative matters may include engagements before joining Troutman Pepper.
Podcasts
11.29.23
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 - Health and Welfare Plan Developments
Articles + Publications
08.23.23
Proposed Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Rules Clarify Technical Compliance Requirements, But Practical Challenges Remain
Firm News
01.03.23
Troutman Pepper Elects 26 New Partners, Promotes 6 to Counsel
Firm Events
12.08.22
California Workplace Developments and Preparing for 2023
Firm Events
10.20.22
Employee Benefit Plans – Hot Topics and What You Need to Know for 2023
Firm News
07.15.21
Troutman Pepper Advises FVCBankcorp, Inc. in All-Stock Merger with Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.