Category Archives: Retirement Plans

My great Uncle Jack was the youngest of 4 children. He followed Herschel, Zoltan, and my grandmother Rozalia. He was a troublemaker when he was a kid. One time, he gambled away the family’s ration coupons and my grandmother had … Continue reading →

It’s one of the greatest lines in a movie and even my 11-year-old daughter knows it. Harrison Ford playing Richard Kimble finds the gun that Federal Marshal Samuel Gerard played by Tommy Lee Jones dropped in The Fugitive. Gerard’s job … Continue reading →

Who can forget Alec Baldwin’s speech in Glengarry Glenn Ross on how salesmen should “Always Be Closing” and how coffee is for closers only? It was the highpoint of a great movie. I’m not going to go through a discussion … Continue reading →

The company that told us we can do home improvement by ourselves might not have been able to properly run their 401(k) plan. Home Depot is now the target of a $140 million class-action lawsuit that was filed in the … Continue reading →

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When I worked at that law firm, I always felt I was Al Czervik, the Rodney Dangerfield character from Caddyshack while the Managing Attorney was like Judge Elihu Smails or maybe Smails’ wife since the Managing Attorney was female. Regardless, … Continue reading →

Thanks to the immediate outpouring of support from plan provider sponsors for the inaugural That 401(k) Conference, I am proud to announce that the next one will emanate from the friendly confines of Wrigley Field this September. We have already … Continue reading →

My latest article on JDSupra.com can be found here.

I always say that as bad as 401(k) plans may be, 403(b) plans are in much worse shape. It didn’t help that the Internal Revenue Service only issued regulations that governed them only 30 years too late, back in 2008. … Continue reading →

I always believe that the retirement plan business is a relationship-driven business. It’s also a small world of industry where providers know providers nationwide. This belief has certainly helped my law firm practice grow as I’ve always had an open … Continue reading →