COVID-19: Legal Changes and Considerations in ERISA and Information Technology

About the Speakers:

Nicole Pope is an attorney with HunterMaclean whose practice focuses on
privacy and data security, as well as technology transactions such as
outsourcing and software as a service licensing, with knowledge in the
health care industry. She also advises clients on managing their intellectual
property, including filing and pursuing trademarks and copyrights.
Originally from Columbus, GA, Nicole earned her B.A. in Political
Science from Georgia Southern University in 2012 and her J.D. from the
University of Georgia in 2015.
Along with being heavily active in the legal community including serving as past-president of the
Savannah Chapter of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL) and as a board member
of the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the Savannah Bar Association, a member of the Emerging
Leaders Committee of the Savannah Community Foundation, and a member of the International
Technology Law Association (ITechLaw), Nicole has served on the board of Urban Hope, an
organization committed to the education and advancement of underprivileged children in Savannah.

Rebecca Sczepanski is of counsel with HunterMaclean, practicing in the
areas of ERISA and employee benefits. Rebecca’s practice focuses on all
aspects of employee benefits taxation and fiduciary issues, including
401(k), 403(b), 457(b), 457(f), 409A, defined benefit, cash balance, and
hybrid pension plans, as well as cafeteria/Section 125 plans, welfare plans,
top hat plans, stock option and executive compensation plans, third party
administration arrangements, pharmacy benefits management, prohibited
transaction, institutional trust, and fiduciary investment and participant
disclosure concerns.
Rebecca has represented for-profit, nonprofit, charitable, government, hospitals, and church clients,
ranging from small local businesses to established private and large publicly traded Fortune 1,000
companies and hospital systems. In those representations, Rebecca has assisted her clients with benefit
aspects of corporate transactions, establishment and administration of employee benefit plans, IRS and
DOL audits, and review and negotiation of plan documentation and service provider agreements, as
well as employee disputes, claim resolution, collective bargaining benefit issues, fiduciary aspects of
selecting and monitoring 401(k) and 403(b) plan investment options and fees, preparation and review
of Form 5500 plans, and establishment and negotiation of executive compensation and non-qualified
deferred compensation plans.
Rebecca is licensed as a C.P.A. in the state of Michigan and is currently admitted to the bars of Georgia
and Michigan. She graduated from Wayne State University Law School with her J.D., cum laude, in
1996, and from Saginaw Valley State University with a B.B.A., magna cum laude, in 1987.