Lisa Wintersheimer Michel

Lisa Wintersheimer Michel is the leader of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group. Her practice primarily involves all aspects of qualified retirement plans, including profit sharing plans, 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and defined benefit plans, executive compensation matters (including Section 409A compliance) and welfare benefit plans for public companies, privately held companies, and not-for-profit entities. This includes compliance with laws including tax, labor, ERISA, Affordable Care Act ("ACA"), COBRA, HIPAA and other applicable laws, and administration and operation of all types of plans. She advises clients regarding fiduciary compliance matters, including prohibited transactions, vendor and insurance contract review, employee benefit plan claims and in matters involving the IRS, the DOL, and the PBGC. She provides advice on the design, drafting, and administration of traditional retirement plans, 401(k) plans and nonqualified executive pay plans. Lisa has worked extensively with employee benefit matters related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other corporate transactions. She also frequently lectures on qualified retirement plans and welfare benefit plans. Lisa currently serves on the firm’s Board of Directors.

AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers

Named the "Cincinnati Best Lawyers’ Employee Benefits (ERISA) Lawyer of the Year," 2014, 2021

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2010-2025

Named to Ohio Super Lawyers

Named to Ohio Leading Lawyers, 2024

Leadership Cincinnati, Class XXV

Cincinnati Business Courier's Forty Under 40, Class of 2002