
Kristin M. Bergstrom
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Kristin M. Bergstrom is of counsel in Reinhart's Employee Benefits Practice and works closely with the firm's Corporate Law and Labor and Employment practices. She serves a wide range of business and nonprofit clients, including mid-sized to large financial service, manufacturing, insurance and nonprofit organizations. Her practice primarily involves providing legal advice relating to health, retirement and other employee benefits issues, ERISA and tax compliance, and mergers and acquisition matters.With more than 30 years of legal practice, Kristin has the experience to provide solid legal advice, considering the risks and benefits of alternatives, the impact of proposed changes or corrections and how decisions will need to be implemented. Kristin works with legal requirements, including legal compliance, audits and corrections, for insured and self-insured health plans, administrator and provider contracts, severance plans, cafeteria plans, retiree health benefits, HRAs and HSAs, pension, profit sharing and 401(k) plans, plan terminations and 403(b), 457 and church plans.
A seasoned and effective speaker and teacher, Kristin frequently presents on employee benefits topics to employers and professional groups including the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, the Law Education Institute, Inc. affiliated with The Bureau of National Affairs and MRA The Management Association. Kristin primarily serves clients in the following areas:
Employee Benefits Plans in Mergers and Acquisitions
ERISA Compliance
Plan Corrections
Executive Compensation
Fiduciary Review
Fringe Benefits
Tax-Exempt Organizations
Church Plans
Affordable Care Act
Education
- J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School
- B.A., with honors, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bar Admissions
Wisconsin
Provides advice for health and retirement benefits, including compliance and tax issues
Works with employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions
Works extensively with legal requirements for insured and self-insured health plans, administrator and provider contracts
Counsels on severance plans, cafeteria plans, retiree health benefits, HRAs and HSAs
Works with pension, profit sharing and 401(k) plans and plan terminations
Works with 403(b) and 457 plans
Works with church plans and church affiliated organizations
Works with nonqualified deferred compensation
Honors
Received the 2015 Founders Award from the Association of Women Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America, included since 1995 (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
Selected for inclusion in Wisconsin Super Lawyers
Named by Wisconsin Law Journal as a "2015 Woman in the Law"
Wisconsin Top Rated Lawyer Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
Affiliations
Milwaukee Bar Association (Employee Benefits)
State Bar of Wisconsin (Former Chair, Tax Section)
Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc. Board
American Bar Association
Association of Women Lawyers (Former President)
Association of Women Lawyers Foundation Board
Retirement Plan Professionals (Former President)
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans the Law Education Institute, Inc. (Seminar Presenter)
Appointed by former Wisconsin Governor to the Glass Ceiling Commission
Wisconsin Women Inc. (Steering Committee)
Professional Dimensions (Former President)
Professional Dimensions Charitable Fund Board (President)
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