Amberlee (Conley) Lapointe, Associate at our Phoenix law office
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Amberlee (Conley) Lapointe

Associate
Biography

Amberlee Lapointe’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.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Arizona


Education

  • University of Iowa College of Law (J.D. with distinction)
    • 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)
Experience

Awards & Recognition

  • Southwest Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars Edition, Employee Benefits (2024)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Ones to Watch, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2024-2025)

Representative Experience

  • 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
  • Assisted plan fiduciaries with the review and revision of investment advisor agreements related to the assets of qualified retirement plans sponsored by private and publicly-traded companies

Previous Professional Experience

  • Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Summer Associate (2018)
  • University of Iowa College of Law, Research Assistant to Dean Adrien K. Wing (2017-2019)
  • Arizona Attorney General, Antitrust Unit, ABA Janet D. Steiger Fellow (2017)
  • Pima County Legal Defender’s Office, Intern (2015)

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Western Pension and Benefits Council
    • Member, (2019-Present)
    • Spring Conference Committee Member (2022)

Community Involvement

  • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, Volunteer Income Tax Preparer (2020-Present)
  • Arizona Foundation for Women, Board Member (2022-Present)

Representative Presentations and Publications

Client News
Client News
Sep 19, 2023

Snell & Wilmer Advises Specialty Mechanical Contracting Company A.O. Reed & Co. in Acquisition to Legence

Client News
Aug 04, 2023

Snell & Wilmer Advises Federal Software Provider Integrated Data Services in Its Sale to Private Equity Firm Arlington Capital Partners