Carol Weiser, a member of Sutherland’s Executive Committee and a partner in Sutherland’s Tax Practice Group, advises clients in all areas of employee benefits law. Her practice includes the establishment, amendment and termination of qualified retirement plans, non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements, tax sheltered annuities, individual retirement accounts, cafeteria plans, and other welfare or fringe benefit plans. She also counsels clients concerning compliance and other aspects of the operation of employee plans, such as taxation of distributions, nondiscrimination requirements, prohibited transactions, and early retirement windows.

Carol had extensive experience in employee benefits even before becoming a lawyer, working as a paralegal in this area from 1977 through 1983. In addition, she had a clerkship with a top Philadelphia law firm in 1984 and 1985.