Andrew R. Jacobs

Kentucky

Stites & Harbison, PLLC
250 West Main Street
Suite 2300
Lexington, KY 40507-1758

Tel: 859-226-2251

Email: ajacobs@stites.com
Web: www.stites.com

Professional Biography

Andy Jacobs is a Member of the firm and concentrates his practice in the areas of employee benefits, executive compensation, tax exempt nonprofit organizations, and securities law.

While he practices out of the firm’s Lexington office, he works with clients in all Stites & Harbison offices. His practice includes: 1) assisting clients in the design, drafting and operation of qualified retirement plans, ESOPs, 403(b) plans, 457 plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, health and welfare plans, and cafeteria plans; 2) litigating ERISA based claims; 3) the design of equity based compensation plans for key employees such as options and restricted stock; 4) advising clients regarding employee benefits issues in the merger and acquisition context; 5) drafting and designing executive and physician employment contracts; 6) advising tax exempt nonprofit organizations on corporate structure and compliance; 7) advising clients regarding Kentucky state sponsored governmental pension plans; and 8) securities law aspects of compensation plans.

Representative Experience

  • Assisted client in voluntary withdrawal from the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.
  • Obtained dismissal of ERISA claims in federal court.
  • Represented company in the design and formation of an ESOP.
  • Performed due diligence and negotiated employee benefits related provisions in a stock acquisition and drafted executive employment agreements.
  • Advised employer concerning compliance with Affordable Care Act employer mandate provisions.
  • Assisted company in the termination of an underfunded defined benefit plan.
  • Advised nonprofit corporation in connection with its reorganization and restructuring.
  • Assisted in the formation of association health and investment trusts.

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Lexington Employee Benefits Council
  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • Georgia Bar Association

Honors & Recognition

  • Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
  • Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law (2016-25)

Stites & Harbison’s Employee Benefits Group advises clients on all aspects of employee benefits law. Our attorneys collectively have more than 80 years of employee benefits legal experience.

Our employee benefits lawyers have assisted clients in the design, implementation and operation of all types of employee benefit plans including qualified retirement plans (e.g. 401(k) and defined benefit plans), non-qualified executive deferred compensation plans, equity based arrangements, 403(b) and 457(b) plans, ESOPs and welfare benefit programs. Our services not only extend to private sector employers including publicly traded companies but also answer the employee benefit plan needs of tax-exempt, church and governmental employers.

Stites & Harbison’s employee benefits attorneys publish and frequently speak to a variety of professional trade organizations, including the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Our attorneys are members of the Louisville Employee Benefits Council, Lexington Employee Benefits Council, Southern Employee Benefits Conference and the state bars of Kentucky, Georgia and Tennessee.

A full-service law firm representing clients across the United States and internationally, Stites & Harbison, PLLC is known as a preeminent firm managing sophisticated transactions, challenging litigation, and complex regulatory matters on a daily basis. The firm represents a broad spectrum of clients including multinational corporations, financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, health care organizations, private companies, nonprofit organizations, family-owned businesses and individuals.

With over 200 attorneys, the firm maintains 11 offices across six states and is able to service the needs of international clients with its memberships in Business Counsel, Inc. and Lex Mundi. Tracing its origins to 1832, Stites & Harbison is one of the oldest law practices in the nation and among the largest law firms in the Southeast. Additionally, Stites & Harbison is a member of The Harmonie Group, the national network of top litigation law firms, and is the Kentucky representative to the prestigious Southern Law Network.