Polsinelli Shughart PC welcomes attorneys Mary K. Samsa and William P. Sweeney to the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation practice as shareholders. Samsa and Sweeney join a deep bench of attorneys who advise clients in this increasing complex area of compliance responsibility. They assist clients on all aspects of plan creation and design, plan compliance and executive compensation agreements. Both attorneys previously practiced at Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Chicago before joining Polsinelli Shughart. Samsa has been in practice for more than 15 years and represents Fortune 500 public companies, privately held business entities and multinational organizations, as well as not-for-profit hospital systems and educational institutions. She maintains a core practice with respect to qualified retirement plans for both taxable and tax-exempt entities, and frequently interfaces with boards of directors, compensation committees and retirement/investment committees on employee benefit governance matters. Samsa earned her law degree with high honors in 1996 from DePaul University College of Law. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois in 1988 and a Master of Science in Taxation degree in 1992 from DePaul University College of Commerce. Sweeney brings to Polsinelli Shughart a broad-based, comprehensive practice which involves all areas of employee benefits law. He advises public, private and tax-exempt employers on the design, implementation and administration of all types of welfare plans and tax-qualified retirement plans, including defined benefit, 401(k), 403(b) and 457(b), as well as counseling clients and conducting training on ERISA fiduciary compliance, COBRA and HIPAA. Sweeney also has had substantial experience working with multi-employer benefit funds. Sweeney earned his law degree, cum laude, in 2002 from John Marshall Law School. He also was a member of the John Marshall Law Review. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Millikin University in 1999. With more than 500 attorneys, Polsinelli Shughart PC (www.polsinelli.com) is a national law firm that is a recognized leader in the areas of business litigation, financial services, real estate, business law, construction, life sciences, environmental and natural resources, health care, insurance coverage/bad faith, and labor and employment.