Ume-Nwagbo Employee Benefits Law Firm

At the Ume-Nwagbo Employee Benefits Law Firm, our mission is to provide top-quality compensation, benefits and perks to employees.

Areas of Practice

• Retirement Plans
• Health and Welfare Plans
• Business and Corporate 
• Transactions 
• Employment Counseling

Nwabundo Ume-Nwagbo focuses her practice on representing employers in all aspects of employee benefits law. She regularly counsels clients regarding their obligations under the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and other laws that govern their employee benefit plans and programs such as qualified retirement plans, employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs), employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and executive compensation plans and programs.

She also works with companies to address employee benefit and employment law issues that arise during various business transactions including mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and credit facility arrangements.

She also advises clients in connection with drafting and negotiating employment, change-in-control and independent contractor agreements aimed at attracting and retaining the most qualified individuals best suited for each client’s needs. She also works with clients in developing innovative strategies to manage reductions-in-force, wage and hour issues, employee hiring, training and firing.

She also works with not-for-profit organizations in identifying, establishing and administering their retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b) and 457(b) plans) to allow their employees to save for their retirement while allowing the plan sponsors to meet their own goal. 

Finally, she works with these entities to develop and maintain different executive compensation plans and programs (including 457(f) plans) that are uniquely tailored to such entities to allow them to compete for top talent in an employment market that tends to be dominated by larger employers that are able to offer huge annual base salaries, stock options and other perquisites.