During her 20 years of practice in employee benefits, Karen Martinez has focused on advising clients on various aspects of the design, implementation and compliance issues relating to health and welfare benefits. Ms. Martinez has advised clients of all sizes with respect to COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, tax and ERISA issues with respect to group health plans, severance plans, cafeteria plans and VEBAs. She also has significant experience with qualified plans and benefit issues related to mergers and acquisitions. She is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure’s standards and policies.

Education

  • New York University School of Law, J.D. (1989)
  • Dartmouth College, A.B. (1986)

    cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois (1989)
  • Georgia (1992)

Who We Are

Suite 2800, 1100 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA, 30309-4528
USA
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Karen D. Martinez

Experience Highlights

HIPAA privacy and security issues
Counsel to several employers relating to HIPAA privacy and security issues. more
Advice on laws impacting health and welfare plans for a leading cancer health organization
Counsel a leading cancer health organization on federal laws impacting group health and welfare plans. more
Health and welfare counseling for a natural gas distributor
Counsel a natural gas distributor on compliance issues relating to health and welfare plans, employee communications and reporting requirements. more
Compliance and design issue counsel for a life sciences and materials sciences company
Counsel a life sciences and materials sciences company in compliance and design issues relating to medical and other welfare benefits for active more