Sherry P. Porter

Partner

spporter@wyattfirm.com

502.562.7560 O

502.589.0309 F

Louisville, KY

Practices and Industries

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)Labor & Employment Health Care

Sherry Porter has more than twenty years of experience in the employee benefits field. She began her legal career as an investigator for the U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration, where she conducted investigations to ensure compliance with ERISA and related laws and negotiated compliance agreements to correct violations. Ms. Porter regularly advises clients on legislation affecting employee benefit plans, such as HIPAA privacy and security rules and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. She concentrates her law practice in the areas of employee benefits, including retirement plans, health and welfare plans, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, and executive compensation arrangements. Ms. Porter also has extensive experience in handling and negotiating benefits issues in corporate and transactional matters.

EDUCATION

J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University, 1989
B.A., University of Kentucky, 1985

ADMISSIONS

Kentucky
Ohio

HONORS

Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law 2023-present
Recognized by her peers in Kentucky Super Lawyers® in the area of Employee Benefits, 2021
Recognized as one of the “Top Lawyers” in the area of Employee Benefits Law by Louisville Magazine, March 2014

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Law Clinic Director, Visiting Assistant Professor, Associate Dean, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University
Partner, Employee Benefits Practice Chair, Goldberg Simpson
Investigator, U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

Kentucky Bar Association
Louisville Bar Association
American Bar Association, Business Law Section
The ESOP Association, Vice President – Kentucky, of the Ohio/Kentucky Chapter
National Center for Employee Ownership
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Former Vice-Chair, Law and Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

Northeast YMCA, Board of Advisors
Saint Bernadette Catholic Church, Parish Pastoral Council
Saint Mary Academy, former School Board Member and Board Chair
Mother of Good Counsel, former School Board Member
Junior League of Louisville, former Board Member
Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, former Board Member

PUBLICATIONS

“COVID-19 Changes to Health Insurance,” Wyatt Employment Law Report, (April 2020)
“What Do Layoffs, Terminations and Plant Closings Mean for your Employer Retirement Plan?” Wyatt Employment Law Report, (April 2020)
“Extension to Amend and Restate 403(b) Retirement Plans,” Wyatt Employment Law Report, (April 2020)
“Cares Act – Retirement Plan Impact,” Wyatt Employment Law Report, (April 2020)
“High Deductible Health Plan – Helpful Guidance from the IRS,” Wyatt Employment Law Report, (December 2019)

PRESENTATIONS

Ms. Porter is a frequent speaker at programs across Kentucky and Tennessee regarding employee benefits and executive compensation topics. Most recently, she has been speaking nearly every week to business audiences on the Affordable Care Act. Organizations to which she has spoken include: the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Kentucky Bar Association, Kentucky Society of CPA’s, Society of Human Resource Management, Louisville Bar Association, Louisville Employee Benefits Council, Cincinnati Employee Benefits Conference, The ESOP Association, Association of American Law Schools, and the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.