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Jo is Counsel in King & Spalding’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group. Jo advises employers on wide-ranging employee benefit matters, including the design and implementation of retirement and health and welfare programs on a domestic and global basis. As a member of the Global Human Capital and Compliance and Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practices at King & Spalding, she assists multinational employers with complex multi-jurisdictional employee benefits and compensation initiatives and human capital compliance matters.
Jo has experience with plan documentation and drafting, plan qualification (including the correction of plan operational errors and responding to matters before the Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service), plan governance (including fiduciary and investment matters) and participant communications. Jo regularly assists clients navigate recordkeeper RFPs, contract negotiation and corporate transactions. She assists clients identify sensible and legally compliant solutions to their executive compensation and employee benefit needs.
Juris Doctor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, cum laude
B.A. International Studies, Miami University-Oxford, with honors
Illinois
Ohio
German
January 4, 2024
Acentra Health, a Carlyle Portfolio Company, Acquires Espyr
December 6, 2023
King & Spalding Promotes 28 New Partners and 14 Counsel Across 14 Cities
December 6, 2023
K&S elects 28 new partners and promotes 14 counsel across 14 cities
April 8, 2024
Department of Labor Finalizes Changes to QPAM Exemption
January 26, 2023
New Compensation and Benefits Rules Demand Early Action
April 6, 2022
Group Plan Questions After Telehealth Coverage Extension
January 4, 2024
Acentra Health, a Carlyle Portfolio Company, Acquires Espyr
December 6, 2023
King & Spalding Promotes 28 New Partners and 14 Counsel Across 14 Cities
December 6, 2023
K&S elects 28 new partners and promotes 14 counsel across 14 cities
April 8, 2024
Department of Labor Finalizes Changes to QPAM Exemption
January 26, 2023
New Compensation and Benefits Rules Demand Early Action
April 6, 2022
Group Plan Questions After Telehealth Coverage Extension
January 4, 2024
Acentra Health, a Carlyle Portfolio Company, Acquires Espyr
December 6, 2023
King & Spalding Promotes 28 New Partners and 14 Counsel Across 14 Cities
December 6, 2023
K&S elects 28 new partners and promotes 14 counsel across 14 cities
Juris Doctor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, cum laude
B.A. International Studies, Miami University-Oxford, with honors
Illinois
Ohio
German