Amberlee Conley's practice is focused on employee benefits, including employer compliance with the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and the Internal Revenue Code. Her experience includes assisting with the documentation and administration of qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and executive compensation plans; the correction of plan and plan fiduciary failures under correction programs offered by the Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service; and the benefits-related due diligence matters in corporate transactions.
Amberlee is additionally a contributor to Snell & Wilmer’s SW Benefits Blog, which frequently posts about current employee benefits and executive compensation topics and issues.
Assisted large and small employers with the determination of whether domestic relations orders for defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans satisfy the qualification requirements of the Internal Revenue Code
Assisted plan fiduciaries with the review and revision of investment manager, advising, and consulting agreements related to the assets of qualified retirement plans sponsored by private and publicly-traded companies
Advised on administrative rules governing a Qualified Tuition Program under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code
Assisted with advising private companies, including buyers and sellers, with employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions
Assisted with advising clients on health and welfare plan compliance with COVID-19 legislation and agency guidance, including compliance with the required coverage of COVID-19 tests and vaccines, compliance with extended COBRA, special enrollment, and claims and appeals deadlines, and compliance with optional cafeteria plan design changes
University of Iowa College of Law (J.D. with distinction, 2019)
College of Law Merit Scholarship
Boyd Service Award, High Honors
Faculty Award in Contracts
Faculty Award in Criminal Procedure: Investigation
Iowa Law Review, Student Writer and Contributing Editor
Equal Justice Foundation, Bookstore Chairman
Pro Bono Society
University of Arizona (B.A., magna cum laude, 2015)
Western Pension and Benefits Council, Phoenix Chapter, Member (2019-Present)
