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Angela K. Roberts
Partner / AtlantaAngela K. Roberts is a Partner in the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.
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Full Bio
Ms. Roberts concentrates her practice on a broad range of employee benefits and executive compensation matters, including:
- Designing, drafting, and implementing plan documents and administrative procedures for a variety of employee benefit plans, including qualified and non-qualified retirement plans and health and welfare plans;
- Assisting clients with plan service provider conversions and with the review and negotiation of vendor service agreements;
- Advising plan fiduciaries on the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA and prohibited transaction rules;
- Counseling plan sponsors regarding the privacy and security requirements under HIPAA, including drafting required policies and procedures, preparing notices, providing HIPAA-mandated training, and negotiating business associate agreements;
- Advising employers regarding all facets of Affordable Care Act compliance, including employer shared responsibility provisions, reporting requirements, and group health plan mandates;
- Conducting plan compliance reviews, including providing advice and supervision with respect to corrective actions and preparing filings under Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor correction programs; and
- Advising clients on the employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, and assisting with post-closing integration of employee benefit plans.
Ms. Roberts received her B.S. and B.A., with honors, from the University of Florida, and her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. While in law school, she served on the editorial board of the University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy and was a member of the Order of the Coif.
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Bar Admissions
Georgia -
Education
Undergraduate- University of Florida
Law School- University of Florida
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Memberships
American Bar Association
State Bar of Georgia, Employee Benefits Law Section
ASPPA Benefits Council of Atlanta
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SGR Publications
- DOL Proposed Rule Would Require Expanded Pharmacy Benefit Manager (“PBM”) Compensation Transparency
- Deadline for Group Health Plans to Amend HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Fast Approaches
- Eleventh Circuit Upholds Health Plan Coverage Exclusion For Gender Affirming Care
- The One Big Beautiful Bill: Impact on Employee Benefit Plans
- Pause Announced on Enforcement of 2024 Mental Health Parity Act Rules
- Tobacco Surcharge Litigation on the Rise
- Departments Release Final Mental Health Parity Rules with Significant Compliance Implications for Plan Sponsors and their Service Providers
- New HIPAA Privacy Protections for Reproductive Health Care Records Impact Plan Sponsors
- “Equivalent Benefits” Requirements for Illinois Staffing Employees Temporarily Enjoined
- Group Health Plan Fiduciaries May Now be a Target of Lawsuits for Excessive Fees
- New Group Health Plan Annual Attestation Requirement
- COVID-19 Deadline Extensions and Coverage Mandates for Benefit Plans Scheduled to End
- SECURE 2.0 – What Retirement Plan Sponsors Need to Know Now
- IRS Cost-of-Living Adjustments Employee Benefit Plan Limitations for 2023
- New Agency Guidance Requires Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans to Cover Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Tests
- IRS Cost-of-Living Adjustments Employee Benefit Plan Limitations for 2022
- 12-Month Extension of Temporary Relief from the Physical Presence Requirement
- U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to the Affordable Care Act
- DOL Issues Cybersecurity Guidance for Retirement Plans
- Department of Labor Issues Model COBRA Premium Subsidy Notices
- Effective Immediately – Group Health Plans Must Be Ready to Demonstrate Compliance with Mental Health Parity Rules
- EBSA Tolls Deadlines For Certain Benefit Plans and Participants
- IRS Cost-of-Living Adjustments Employee Benefit Plan Limitations for 2021
- IRS Issues Limited 401(k) Safe Harbor Plan Relief for COVID-19
- Investments in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Funds – The DOL Tightens the Fiduciary Standards
- IRS Issues Guidance on CARES Act Retirement Plan Relief
- Department of Labor Provides Guidance on Offering Private Equity Investments in Defined Contribution Plans
- IRS Temporarily Authorizes Spousal Consents for Retirement Plan Elections to be Notarized or Witnessed Electronically
- The Supreme Court Rules that Participants Cannot Sue Over Mismanagement of Defined Benefit Plan Asset Investments
- Department of Labor Finalizes New Rules for Electronic Retirement Plan Disclosures
- Welfare Plan Sponsors May Allow Certain Cafeteria Plan Election Changes Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
- Agencies Extend Benefit Plan Deadlines for Plan Sponsors and Participants Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
- Reductions in Force? Beware of Partial Termination
- How the CARES Act Impacts Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans
- Retirement Plan Relief in the CARES Act
- IRS Clarifies Impact of Postponed Tax Deadline on Retirement Plans, IRAs and HSAs
- Employer Protection of Personal Health Information Related to COVID-19 Pandemic
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act – New Federal Paid Leave and Other Requirements Impacting Employers
- COVID-19 Testing Mandate Passed by the House, Now Moves to the Senate with Trump’s Support
- High Deductible Health Plans May Waive Cost-Sharing for Coronavirus Testing and Treatment
- Congress Permanently Repeals ACA Taxes and Passes SECURE Act
- Fifth Circuit Rules the ACA’s Individual Mandate Unconstitutional, Asks Lower Court to Decide on the Rest
- IRS Extends Form 1095-C Distribution Deadline Once Again
- Federal Privacy Rules Require Amendment to Benefit Plan Service Agreements
- IRS Cost-of-Living Adjustments Employee Benefit Plan Limitations for 2020
- Department of Labor Proposes New Rules for Electronic Retirement Plan Disclosures
- Final Regulations Update 401(k) Hardship Withdrawal Rules
- A Word on Wellness
- New Access to Multiple Employer Retirement Plans and Potential New Protections for Participating Employers
- IRS Allows High Deductible Health Plans to Provide Pre-Deductible Benefits for Chronic Care Management
- Executive Order on Health Care Transparency May Impact Employer Sponsored Group Health Plans
- Final Regulations Allow Employers to Reimburse Premiums for Individual Medical Insurance
- SECURE Act – House Overwhelmingly Passes Retirement Reform Bill
- HHS Proposes to Revise ACA Section 1557 Rule: Impacts Transgender Benefits and Group Health Plan Notices
- IRS Expands Determination Letter Opportunities for Retirement Plans
- New Self-Correction Opportunities for Retirement Plan Loans and Other Errors
- Association Health Plan Rules Struck Down
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Press
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Represents CHG-Meridian in Successful Acquisition of Meridian Leasing Corporation
- Smith Gambrell Russell Advises Brown & Watson Company, Inc. on a Successful Sale
- Smith Gambrell Russell Represents EJOT Group in the Realignment of Long-Standing Industrial Fasteners Joint Venture with ATF
- Smith Gambrell Russell Represents Zwiesel Glas in Merger with Fortessa Tableware Solutions
- Smith Gambrell Russell Represents Oxford Industries in $270 Million Acquisition of Johnny Was Apparel Brand
- Smith Gambrell Russell Represents HESCO Supply in Sale to Winsupply
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell Represents Account Control Technology Holdings, Inc. in Sale to Transworld Systems Inc., Forming Largest Accounts Receivable Management Company in U.S.
- SGR Merges with Mazursky Constantine; Expands Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice and Establishes the SGR Fiduciary Institute