James R. Buschmann, Counsel
ANN ARBOR OFFICE
734-930-2499
734-930-2494 FAX
JBUSCHMANN@BODMANLLP.COM
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Expertise
- Employee Benefits
- Pension Plans
- Commercial Law
Bar Admissions
Education
- B.A., Wabash College, 1967
- J.D., University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, 1971
Professional Affiliations
- State Bar of Michigan
- Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
Honors
- AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Recent Presentations
- ”Special Employee Health Care Plan Eligibility Issues,” Bodman, Longley & Dahling Employment Law Executive Briefing, September 17, 2002
- “Pension Improvements in the 2001 Tax Act: Good News — What You Need to Know,” Bodman, Longley & Dahling Annual Employment Law Update, September 2001
- “Pension Plan Remedial Amendments,” Human Resources Association of Greater Detroit Legal Roundtable, January 20, 2000
- “New COBRA Regulations Offer Opportunities for Employers,” Bodman, Longley & Dahling Annual Employment Law Update, September 1999
Biography
Mr. Buschmann specializes in tax code and ERISA law regulating employee pension and welfare benefits, deferred compensation and executive compensation.
Mr. Buschmann has extensive experience in the installation and administration of tax-qualified pension and profit sharing plans, non tax-qualified deferred compensation arrangements and welfare benefit plans. He represents clients with respect to such plans and arrangements before the Internal Revenue Service, the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor and in litigation. He also frequently advises institutional fiduciaries with respect to ERISA obligations and prohibited transactions, and he lends his expertise to negotiations and documentation of employee benefits matters in transactions involving purchases and sales of businesses.
