Since 1981, Mark Smith, a member of Sutherland’s Tax Practice Group, has advised clients on tax, ERISA and other issues related to retirement, executive compensation, insurance, cafeteria and other employee benefit plans. He is engaged on behalf of insurance companies, broker-dealers, investment advisers and managers, consulting firms, other service providers and plan sponsors for a range of consulting, transactional, regulatory and litigation matters.

He is also proficient in the taxation of corporate and nonqualified insurance products, including corporate- and bank-owned life insurance (COLI/BOLI) policies.

From 1999 to 2007, Mark served as partner-in-charge of Sutherland’s Washington, D.C., office and firmwide Executive Partner. Before joining the firm, Mark clerked for then Chief Judge Clement Haynsworth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.