Stephanie Zorn Joins Jackson Lewis in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, MO (May 13, 2014) -- Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the largest workplace law firms in the world representing management, is pleased to announce Stephanie O. Zorn has joined the firm’s St. Louis office as Of Counsel.  Ms. Zorn, who joins the firm after serving as Senior Employee Benefits and Labor Counsel to Energizer Holdings, Inc., brings over a decade of senior management experience in benefits, employment and labor counseling within the United States as well as globally. 

At Energizer, Ms. Zorn’s employment and labor duties included worldwide responsibility for advising on and managing reductions in force, large-scale employee outsourcings, departmental reorganizations, and a wide range of personnel issues, as well as drafting and advising on noncompete, confidentiality, employment and retention agreements. In addition, she regularly prepared and presented management training programs, drafted employee handbooks and employment policies, negotiated union contracts and managed the defense of employment claims and litigation.  

“We have long been familiar with Stephanie’s reputation as a highly-respected attorney with impressive credentials,” said Jessica Liss, Managing Shareholder of Jackson Lewis’ St. Louis office.  “The skill sets she has developed after serving as in-house counsel at a major multi-national corporation are invaluable to us at Jackson Lewis, and we are pleased to have her as the newest member of our growing St. Louis team.” 

Ms. Zorn’s employee benefits duties included advising management and benefits personnel on ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, IRC, PPACA and DOL compliance. She also advised on and managed defined contribution and defined benefit pension plans and health and welfare plans for tax qualification compliance and design changes, as well as executive nonqualified deferred compensation plans, bonus plans and change in control agreements for IRC 162(m) and 409A compliance.

“Having someone of Stephanie’s caliber join our growing employee benefits practice is exciting,” said Baltimore Shareholder Joy Napier-Joyce, leader of the firm’s Employee Benefits Practice Group. “She will be instrumental in further enhancing our ability to serve our clients, both in St. Louis and nationally, as we help them navigate the ever-changing employee benefits landscape.”

Ms. Zorn is admitted to practice in Missouri.  She received her B.A. from Macalester College, her J.D. from Hamline University School of Law and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University’s School of Law. 

Jackson Lewis’ St. Louis office can be reached at (314) 827-3939.

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About Jackson Lewis

Founded in 1958, Jackson Lewis is dedicated to representing management exclusively in workplace law. With over 770 attorneys practicing in 55 locations throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, Jackson Lewis is included in the AmLaw 100 and Global 100 rankings of law firms. U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" named Jackson Lewis the 2014 "Law Firm of the Year" in the Litigation-Labor and Employment category. The firm was also named a Tier 1 National “Best Law Firm” in Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; and Litigation – Labor & Employment, and earned a spot on the BTI Power Elite for being recognized by corporate counsel as one of the top law firms in building and maintaining client relationships. The firm’s wide range of specialized areas of practice provides the resources to address every aspect of the employer/employee relationship. Jackson Lewis has one of the most active employment litigation practices in the United States, with a current caseload of over 6,500 litigations and approximately 550 class actions.

Jackson Lewis is a founding member of L&E Global Employers’ Counsel Worldwide, an alliance of premier employment law boutique firms and practices in Europe, North America, and the Asia Pacific Region.

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