BriannaRichardson

Associate

Brianna guides public and private employers through the complexities of ERISA compliance, ensuring seamless management of employee benefit plans and their daily operations.


More About Brianna

Brianna advises clients from a wide range of industries on developing, implementing, and operating their employee benefit programs, with a focus on retirement plans and health and welfare plans. She guides clients through the legal matters of corporate transactions—assisting them with risk assessments, plan mergers and terminations, creating new benefit platforms, and other potential employee benefit issues. Brianna helps clients with plan documents, plan amendments, and participant communication materials, and has experience representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US Department of Labor (DOL), the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and drafting corrective filings under the IRS and DOL correction programs. She has represented large and small employers alike.

Employers trust Brianna to assist with employee benefit plans because of her work ethic and organization skills. Clients appreciate Brianna’s strong communication skills and ability to talk to all levels of compliance teams, making a complex area of law seem digestible.

  • JD, University of Illinois College of Law
    The Elder Law Journal
    College of Law Disciplinary Committee Student Chair
    711 Licensed Law Student in the Family Advocacy Clinic
    Athletic Academic Tutor
  • BA, University of South Carolina
    Magna cum laude 
  • Illinois
  • Michigan
  • US District Court, Western District of Michigan
  • Illinois Supreme Court
  • Michigan Supreme Court