Klausner , Kaufman , Jensen & Levinson

The law firm of Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson specializes exclusively in the representation of retirement and benefit systems and related labor and employment relations matters. The firm is composed of four lawyers, three clerical/paraprofessional employees, and an administrator. As a result of our substantial involvement on a national level in public employee retirement matters, we have developed a unique and comprehensive research system enabling us to readily access the law in all 50 states and on the federal level in this unique area of specialty. By concentrating our practice in the area of public employee retirement and related employment issues, we are able to keep a focus on changing trends in the law that more general practitioners would consider a luxury. The law firm of Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson, among the most highly regarded in the country in the area of pension issues, is frequently called upon as an educational consultant by state and local governments throughout the United States on some of the newest and most sophisticated issues involving public retirement systems. The examples of those areas are: Legislative Drafting The firm provides services to dozens of public employee pension plans throughout the United States in the area of plan review and legislative drafting. On both the state and local level, statutes and ordinances are reviewed for the purposes of maintaining compliance with current and pending Internal Revenue Code Regulations affecting public plans, as well as compliance with provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Older Workers Protections Act. When benefit changes occur we prepare all necessary legislative drafts and appear before the appropriate legislative body to answer questions concerning those drafts.