Jessica Faith is a member of the Faegre Baker Daniels' labor, employment & benefits practice and focuses on employee benefits.  Jessica assists employers and service-providers with a range of retirement and welfare matters, including 401(k) plans, defined benefit plans, prototype plans, and health plans.  She is a frequent contributor to the Faegre Baker Daniels health care reform blog, where she writes about the latest health care reform issues affecting employers.

Jessica's representative experience includes:

• Drafting and amending plan and trust documents.
• Analyzing benefit claims and qualified domestic relations orders.
• Writing summary plan descriptions, summaries of material modification, ERISA 204(h) notices, and other employee communications.
• Preparing submissions with the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor, including determination letter applications.
• Correcting plan errors through the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System.
• Advising employers on maintaining compliance with the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and related laws.

Prior to joining the firm, Jessica was a law clerk in the Licensing and Administrative Law Division of the Iowa Attorney General's Office.  During law school, Jessica was a managing editor for the Iowa Law Review.

Pro Bono

• Project Homeless Connect

Professional Associations

• Hennepin County Bar Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association, Employee Benefits Section
• Minnesota Women Lawyers

Civic Activities

• Minnesota Women Lawyers Student-to-Attorney Mentoring Program
• University of St. Thomas School of Law Mentoring Program

Presentations

• Of ERISA Fees and Fiduciaries: A Tale of Who Paid It and How Much 
  Minnesota Continuing Legal Education (2010)

Legal Updates

• A Post-Granholm Analysis of Iowa's Regulatory Framework for Wine Distribution
  94 Iowa L. Rev. 665 (2009)