Raydar
Employee Benefits Attorney
$139K–$192K
Rochester, New York · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- Roughly 4 to 10 years of law firm practice.
- Education
- JD from an accredited law school.
About the job
Advises employer clients on retirement plan design and compliance, employee benefits in corporate transactions, and senior-level compensation arrangements.
What you'll do
- Create and maintain retirement plans and guide sponsors through compliance, testing, corrections, and audits.
- Support corporate deals with benefits due diligence, contract protections, and post-closing integration.
- Advise on deferred compensation, executive pay, equity awards, and separation terms.
What they ask for
- Roughly 4 to 10 years of law firm practice in employee benefits, focused on retirement and ERISA matters.
- Hands-on experience setting up, documenting, and revising tax-qualified retirement plans, plus employer-plan or transaction benefits experience.
- JD from an accredited law school.
- Admission to the New York bar, or eligibility and willingness to waive in; residence in the region or readiness to relocate.
Nice to have
- Benefits diligence and post-closing M&A integration experience; deferred compensation, employment agreements, severance, or equity incentive background.
- Tax LL.M. or CPA; group health and welfare regulation exposure; direct client experience; or ties to upstate New York.
Pay
USD 139,000 to 192,000 per year (base salary)
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