Tod David Yeslow

Member

Bar Admissions: Arkansas, Texas

Education

B.S. Journalism, University of Florida, 1978
J.D., South Texas College of Law, 1984
Admitted to practice in Texas, 1984
Admitted to practice in Arkansas, 2010
United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1986
United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1988

Professional Experience

Provides counsel on all technical legal aspects of employee benefits matters including: plan design (individual and integrated); taxation and ERISA compliance; voluntary correction of fiduciary breaches; self-correction and voluntary correction of design or operational defects; corporate transactions; outsourcing, and insourcing; governmental filings; plan governance; plan committee structure and counseling; Sarbanes-Oxley controls and processes; Code section 409A compliance; and qualified and non-qualified equity-based and executive compensation plans.

Mr. Yeslow also advises clients of diverse industries, size, and business models in process-driven projects such as: Sarbanes-Oxley review and compliance; fiduciary process implementation; HIPAA compliance programs; employee plan compliance diagnostics; and tax-qualification advice, with in-house and consulting experience in global employee transitions and migrations; vendor contract negotiation and drafting; implementation of global stock-based and executive compensation programs, as well as addressing employee benefits issues in merger and acquisition transactions.

Other Activities

American Bar Association, Tax Section Member; State Bar of Texas, Member, Employee Benefits Section Member; Dallas Bar Association, Employee Benefits Section Member, Secretary; IRS Gulf States Tax Exempt/Governmental Entities Council, Employee Plans Coordinator; National IRS Employee Plans Team Audit (EPTA) Liaison Group, appointed member; EPTA Record-retention Process, Sub-committee Chair; Recurring speaker for national and local associations.