Kelly R.Rourke
Senior Counsel
Employee Benefits
krourke@seyfarth.com
More About Kelly
Kelly advises clients on all matters pertaining to defined contribution and defined benefit plan compliance. She also counsels clients on health and welfare issues including Affordable Care Act and COBRA compliance and HIPAA privacy regulations. She assists clients in drafting plan documents, plan amendments and participant communication materials, and has experience resolving plan document and operational errors under the IRS’s correction program.
- JD, University of Illinois College of Law
Magna cum laude
- BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Magna cum laude
- Illinois
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- Recognized as a "Ones to Watch" lawyer by Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2022-2024)
- Contributor, Illinois Corporate Practice and Forms: The Seyfarth Shaw Manual (2017–2020)
- Co-Author, "Proposed Regulations for Electronic Delivery of Retirement Plan Disclosures: The DOL Modernizes the Disclosure Rules," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 30, 2019)
- Co-Author, "Ninth Circuit Rules that a Domestic Partner Under California State Law Was a Spouse for an ERISA Plan," One Minute Memo, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 7, 2019)
- Co-Author, "IRS Expands Self-Correction Program," One Minute Memo, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 1, 2019)
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- Co-Author, "Dodd-Frank and Executive Compensation — Where Are We Now?" Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 28, 2015)
More About Kelly
Kelly advises clients on all matters pertaining to defined contribution and defined benefit plan compliance. She also counsels clients on health and welfare issues including Affordable Care Act and COBRA compliance and HIPAA privacy regulations. She assists clients in drafting plan documents, plan amendments and participant communication materials, and has experience resolving plan document and operational errors under the IRS’s correction program.
- JD, University of Illinois College of Law
Magna cum laude
- BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Magna cum laude
- Illinois
Blogs
Related News & Insights
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Firm News
08/15/2024
220 Seyfarth Attorneys Chosen as Leaders in Their Fields by Best Lawyers in America 2025
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Recognition
Aug 18, 2022
Seyfarth Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America 2023
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Firm News
Dec 21, 2021
Seyfarth Promotes 30 as Partners
-
Recognition
Aug 19, 2021
Seyfarth Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America 2022
- Recognized as a "Ones to Watch" lawyer by Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2022-2024)
- Contributor, Illinois Corporate Practice and Forms: The Seyfarth Shaw Manual (2017–2020)
- Co-Author, "Proposed Regulations for Electronic Delivery of Retirement Plan Disclosures: The DOL Modernizes the Disclosure Rules," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 30, 2019)
- Co-Author, "Ninth Circuit Rules that a Domestic Partner Under California State Law Was a Spouse for an ERISA Plan," One Minute Memo, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 7, 2019)
- Co-Author, "IRS Expands Self-Correction Program," One Minute Memo, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 1, 2019)
- Co-Author, "DOL Fiduciary Advice Rule Vacated by the Fifth Circuit," One Minute Memo, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 23, 2018)
- Co-Author, "Dodd-Frank and Executive Compensation — Where Are We Now?" Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 28, 2015)