Dale R. Vlasek

Dale is chair of the Employee Benefits Practice Group. He focuses his practice on all employee benefit matters including pension, profit sharing and 401(k) planning design, operation and compliance matters, ESOPs, welfare benefit plans (e.g., group health, life, dependent care programs) design, operation and compliance matters, ERISA litigation, and multi-employer pension plans. He serves as benefits counsel to a number of middle-market and larger companies. Dale is licensed to practice in Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin.

• Ohio State Bar Association
• Iowa State Bar Association
• Worldwide Employee Benefits Network (WEB)
• ESOP Association

• "Health Care Reform: Practical Steps for Employers," RBMA Monthly Legal Update Digest March 2013
• "Employer 'Pay or Play' Mandate in 2014 – Will it Apply to Your Business?," RBMA Monthly Legal Update Digest February 2013
• "Health Care Reform: It's the Law!," RBMA Monthly Legal Update Digest December 2012
• "How changes to health care laws will impact businesses in the short and long term," Smart Business Magazine, September 2012
• "Department of Labor New Disclosure Rules: What Employers Need to Know," RBMA Monthly Legal Update Digest December 2011
• "The IRS Announces New Pension Plan Limitations for 2012," RBMA Monthly Legal Update Digest November 2011
• “Illinois Civil Unions and Benefit Plans,” McDonald Hopkins LLC Alert, April 2011
• "Compliance Tests," Published in the Journal of Accountancy, May 2009

• "Health Care Reform: Practical Strategies for Employers: Will you pay or will you play?," McDonald Hopkins LLC Webcast, March 2013

• Named one of the Best Lawyers in America (2006-2013)
• Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers (2005-2006, 2008, 2011-2013)