Andrew Williams

Current

Benefits Chairman and Member at Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa

Past

Partner at Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa
Associate and Partner at Greenberg Keele Lunn & Aronberg

Education

University of Michigan Law School
Wabash College

Recommended

3 people have recommended Andrew

Connections

57 connections

Industry

Law Practice

Websites

Andrew Williams’s Summary

Andrew S. Williams concentrates his practice on providing counsel to individuals, professionals and small to mid-size businesses, including banks, hospitals and other tax-exempt entities, on a wide variety of legal issues. His focus includes general corporate and personal legal matters involving the formation and management of private businesses and not-for-profit organizations, deferred compensation and employment agreements, succession planning, business acquisitions and related transactions, and commercial and real estate syndications.
Andy speaks on benefit and employment related topics to professional and other groups, and maintains a website, www.BenefitsLawGroupofChicago.com, which publishes employment and benefit updates, analysis and commentary. He has been recognized as one of Illinois' "Leading Lawyers."

Andrew Williams’s Specialties:

Andy devotes a substantial portion of his practice to employee benefit matters, including qualified retirement plans, Section 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership plans (ESOP’s), benefit distributions, incentive compensation and stock option arrangements, insured and self-funded medical and other welfare benefit plans (including COBRA coverage matters and ERISA subrogation), employment and employment termination matters, and related litigation including ERISA fiduciary actions.

Andrew Williams’s Experience

Benefits Chairman and Member

Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Law Practice industry)

January 1998 — Present (11 years 11 months)

I work with professionals, in-house legal counsel, HR staff and other decision makers in the business and not-for-profit communities on commercial transactions as well as employee benefit and executive compensation design and compliance matters.
Partner

Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa

(Law Practice industry)

April 1993 — January 1998 (4 years 10 months)
Associate and Partner

Greenberg Keele Lunn & Aronberg

(Law Practice industry)

June 1973 — April 1993 (19 years 11 months)

Andrew Williams’s Education

University of Michigan Law School

JD , 1967 — 1973

Activities and Societies:

Cum Laude
Wabash College

BA , Political Science , 1963 — 1967

Activities and Societies:

Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta, Sphinx Club, Yearbook Co-Editor, Newspaper Managing Editor