Michael Powers focuses exclusively on counseling local, regional, and national multiemployer pension, health, and individual account plans on compliance-related issues. In doing so, he strives to provide practical and straightforward legal advice designed to solve problems in the most pragmatic way possible.
Michael joined O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue LLP after earning his Master of Laws in Taxation (LLM) with a Certificate in Employee Benefits Law at Georgetown University Law Center. His practice areas include, among other things, plan design, drafting and administration, participant communications, reporting and disclosure requirements, fiduciary issues, contract negotiations, prohibited transactions, plan qualification rules, CAA, ACA, HIPAA and COBRA compliance, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations, health reimbursement arrangements, and the tax treatment of fringe benefits.
Michael was elected as one of four members of the Firm’s management committee effective January 1, 2025.