Scott V. Wagner

Scott regularly counsels clients on benefit matters in mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, including pre-acquisition planning and executive compensation 409A issues.  He also has extensive experience with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and has advised clients on compliance with that Act, with HIPAA, and various other federal and state laws relevant to health and welfare plans.

Scott represents clients in federal and state courts in employee benefits litigation and before regulatory agencies including the IRS Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) and the DOL Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP).

Before joining FordHarrison, Scott was an attorney at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) in Washington, D.C.  His role at the PBGC included working to protect defined benefit pension plans in corporate transactions, managing ERISA litigation for termination liability and fiduciary breach claims against plan sponsors and counseling the agency on plan qualification matters such as church and governmental plans.

Scott received his J.D. from George Mason University School of Law, where he was editor in chief of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy, and his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University School of Law.

Recent Publications

• "Regulation of Qualified Retirement Income Plans Generally: Life Insurance in Qualified Plans," Employee Benefits Law, 2013 Cumulative Supplement, BNA/Bloomberg (Dana M. Muir, et al. eds. 2013) (forthcoming).
• "ERISA Preemption and Removal," ERISA Litigation 2011 Cumulative Supplement, BNA/Bloomberg (Jayne E. Zanglein, et al. eds. 2012).
• "Hedge Funds: The Final Frontier of Securities Regulation and the Last Hope for Economic Revival," Journal of Law, Economics & Policy, 2009

Recent Presentations

• "Healthcare Reform is Here to Stay," FordHarrison Webinar, December 2012
• "Healthcare Reform: Are You Ready," FordHarrison Webinar, May 2012

*Not admitted to practice in Georgia.