Mark J. Grushkin

mgrushkin@littler.com
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With over 30 years of legal experience, Mark J. Grushkin focuses on providing clients with employee benefit services involving mergers and acquisitions, retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and litigation. He has been involved in a wide variety of employee benefits matters, including:

  • Pension
  • Profit-sharing
  • Employee stock ownership
  • Stock appreciation rights
  • Phantom stock plans
  • Welfare and fringe benefits plans
  • Deferred compensation
  • Early retirement programs
  • Severance plans
  • Supplemental executive retirement arrangements

Mark has extensive experience representing employers in disputes and audits with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Labor (DOL), and other government agencies. He has represented large public corporations, small and mid-market companies, healthcare systems, nonprofit organizations, corporate trustees, and single-employer plans. Due to his extensive mergers and acquisitions experience, Mark also represents numerous private equity funds.

Mark offers an employee benefits screening review for his clients, in which he replicates the company’s IRS and DOL audits. Through this analysis, he often discovers significant plan issues which may be advantageously corrected thus avoiding serious tax consequences in the event IRS or DOL audits.

Mark has authored and co-authored articles on:

  • New benefits legislation
  • Cafeteria plans
  • COBRA continuation coverage rules
  • Tax laws and deferred compensation plans

He also has been a speaker and panelist addressing numerous groups on employee benefits, including the Practicing Law Institute, State Bar of California, California CPA Society, American Society of Pension Actuaries, and the University of Southern California Tax Institute. 

Credentials & Recognition

Speaking Engagements

Secure Act 2.0 Got You Feeling Insecure? Face the 401(k) Challenges and Find Workable Solutions

  • May 11, 2023
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

MEWAs, MEPs, PEO and Outsourcing

  • May 8, 2019
  • 2019 AICPA Employee Benefit Plans Conference, New Orleans, LA

Anti-Assignment Rules – Procedures, Legal and Tax Issues

  • May 7, 2019
  • 2019 AICPA Employee Benefit Plans Conference, New Orleans, LA

The Constantly Shifting Sands of Employee Benefits: How to Level the Landscape

  • May 3, 2018
  • Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ

Retirement Plans Under Attack by Plan Participants and Government Agencies: An Action Plan for Employers

  • May 5, 2016

Let us know how we can help you navigate your particular workplace legal issues.