Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Louis Joseph served as an associate solicitor for plan benefits security at the DOL – the agency's most senior ERISA counsel – then as a partner at a top accounting and consulting firm, where he led its HR-related tax, accounting and regulatory practice for the Central, Southwest and Western regions of the United States. Most recently, Louis Joseph was a senior counsel at a global law firm in Chicago.
 

Education

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude
Indiana University, B.A., with honors

Expertise

Mr. Joseph focuses his practice on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and other employee benefit plans, including investments in employer securities, and also represents clients in regulatory matters before the IRS and the DOL. He has experience counseling companies on qualified retirement plans, welfare benefit plans, executive and equity compensation, and benefits issues.