Saichek Law Firm, APC
decades of experience serving the complex needs of benefit plan fiduciaries
San Diego | Washington, D.C.
Shana Saichek has become Of Counsel to The Wagner Law Group, and Linda Stuessi has become an associate attorney at The Wagner Law Group. You can reach them at ssaichek@wagnerlawgroup.com or lstuessi@wagnerlawgroup.com. For more information, please see wagnerlawgroup.com.
The Saichek Law Firm no longer provides legal services.
Attorney Linda Stuessi
LINDA L. STUESSI,
ESQ
Direct Line:
(760) 331-7202
lstuessi@wagnerlawgroup.com
EXPERIENCE
Attorney,
Saichek Law Firm,
APC
January
2008 - present
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Draft trust documents, including trust agreements, plans, amendments, COBRA notices, notices and communications to plan participants, and summary plan descriptions
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Research legal issues in employee benefits law and tax law and draft legal research memorandums to Board of Trustees and/or trust advisors
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Coordinate with other trust advisors on all trust issues involving legal questions
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Attend Board of Trustee meetings to report legal developments and guide the trustees on legal issues
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Trust clients include active medical plans, multiple employer plans, single employer plans, governmental plans, and retiree medical plans
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Research and prepare requests to IRS for private letter ruling
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Respond to legal questions from trust advisors and trustees between trust meetings
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Review and negotiate contracts from trust service providers
Adjunct Faculty, Coastal Carolina Community College
Jacksonville, North Carolina
August
2003 - December 2007
- Teach traditional and online classes in Business Law and Employment Law
- Employment law course includes employee benefits, ERISA, employer-employee relationships, Title VII, race, religious, and gender discrimination, regulation of employment, workers' compensation, and Fair Labor Standards Act
- Business Law I course includes contracts, UCC, ethics, court systems, torts, criminal law, and negotiable instruments
- Business Law II course includes UCC, intellectual property, real and personal property, landlord-tenant, trusts and estates, insurance contracts, bankruptcy, security interests, agency, employment law, partnerships, and corporations
Attorney, Perkins
Coie
Seattle, Washington
October 1995 – September 1996
Manage documents and supervise paralegals on securities class action lawsuit
- Research legal issues, draft pleadings, and write legal briefs for litigation
- Review and categorize documents during discovery process and in preparation for trial
Associate, King
&
Ballow
San Diego, California
September
1993 – June 1995
- Civil litigation in employment, labor and first amendment law
- Appearances in federal and state court on pretrial conferences, discovery conferences, motion hearings, and scheduling conferences
- Draft motions for summary judgment, discovery motions, complaints, answers, arbitration briefs, and other various pleadings
- Propound and respond to written discovery
- Consult with clients, interview witnesses, and take depositions
Law Clerk, US District Court for
Southern District of
California
San Diego, California
September
1992 – September 1993
- Settlement conferences and court docket management
- Legal research and writing
Law Clerk, US
Court of Appeal for the Seventh
Circuit
Madison, Wisconsin
July
1991- September 1992
Legal research, analysis, and writing
LICENSUREState Bar of California (12/15/92)
US District Court, SD CA (1/19/93)
US Court of Appeal, 9th Circuit (4/18/94)