The Detroit Office of McDonald Hopkins Continues to Expand: Antoinette M. Pilzner Joins the Firm's National Employee Benefits and Labor and Employment Practice Groups

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Feb 26, 2010, 11:41 ET

DETROIT, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Employee benefits attorney, Antoinette M. Pilzner, has joined the Detroit office of McDonald Hopkins LLC as a Member in the firm's national Employee Benefits and Labor and Employment Counseling and Litigation Practice Groups, which provide legal services to a diverse group of clients throughout the United States. Pilzner, who has 15 years of experience advising clients in the areas of ERISA, employee benefits and executive compensation, is also a certified public accountant. Before joining McDonald Hopkins, Pilzner was a shareholder at the Butzel Long law firm.

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Pilzner helps clients establish, revise and terminate benefit plans and executive compensation programs. She also assists with the administration of plans and programs to comply with ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. From 2002 to 2005, Pilzner served on the Department of Labor's Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans under U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao and was chair of the Council's Working Group on Communications to Retirement Plan Participants. Pilzner is a frequent speaker and writer on employee benefits and executive compensation topics.

"We are delighted to welcome Toni Pilzner to our employee benefits and labor and employment legal teams," said Charles B. Zellmer, Chair of the firm's Business Department. "She is an outstanding addition for both our Detroit office and our national client base."

Antoinette Pilzner received her J.D. from Wayne State University Law School in 1995. She earned a Master's in Taxation in 1990 from Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wayne State University in 1982.

Antoinette Pilzner can be reached at 248.220.1341 or [email protected].

About McDonald Hopkins

McDonald Hopkins is a business advisory and advocacy law firm focused on business law, litigation, business restructuring and bankruptcy, labor and employment, employee benefits, automotive, and estate planning. The firm has offices in Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, and West Palm Beach. The president of McDonald Hopkins is Carl J. Grassi. For more information about McDonald Hopkins, visit www.mcdonaldhopkins.com.