Atty. Nancy A. Strelau
Nancy's practice focuses on employee benefits, executive compensation and ERISA litigation. Her experience encompasses the full range of employee benefits, including the design, implementation, communication, administration, amendment and termination of all types of qualified and nonqualified plans, executive compensation arrangements, equity-based compensation plans, health and welfare plans, cafeteria and flexible spending accounts, fringe benefit programs, and funding and asset investment arrangements.
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About Nancy A. Strelau at a glance
Nancy A. Strelau is a employment attorney based in Denver, Colorado, practicing at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP. Admitted to practice in Colorado, Colorado Bar Association, New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association, and Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association. Educated at Temple University (J.D., 1992) and Muhlenberg College (BA, 1981). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026). Serands clients in Denver, CO and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Nancy's practice focuses on employee benefits, executive compensation and ERISA litigation
- Her experience encompasses the full range of employee benefits, including the design, implementation, communication, administration, amendment and termination of all types of qualified and nonqualified plans, executive compensation arrangements, equity-based compensation plans, health and welfare plans, cafeteria and flexible spending accounts, fringe benefit programs, and funding and asset investment arrangements
- Her clients are plan sponsors that are publicly-traded and closely-held companies
- governmental and tax-exempt entities, consultants, trustees and other third-party service providers
- Nancy's specific experience in employee benefits law is extensive and wide-ranging
- She advises clients regarding compliance with applicable federal law, coordination among state laws and the impact of new legislation, regulations and rulings
- She provides practical solutions to technical compliance issues and the common and not-so-common problems arising from plan administration
- She guides and educates plan fiduciaries as to their duties and responsibilities under ERISA
- She advises clients on the benefits and compensation aspects of corporate acquisitions, mergers and divestitures and other corporate and financial transactions
- She develops employee communications, administrative procedures and documentation
- She advises, and has represented in court, plan administrators regarding responses to employee benefit claims under union and nonunion plans
- On behalf of her clients, Nancy negotiates benefits issues with the IRS, DOL and PBGC and contracts with trustees, investment managers, administrative service organizations, benefit providers and insurance companies
- She advises clients on stock options, restricted stock, deferred compensation and IRC 409A issues, and she prepares executive compensation materials for presentation to corporate boards of directors and for inclusion in proxy materials and prospectuses
- She prepares required reporting and disclosure documents, conducts required testing and secures prohibited transaction exemptions
- Nancy also represents clients in employee benefits-related litigation
- Nancy has been a contributing editor to EBIA’s ERISA Compliance for Health and Welfare Plans through December 31, 2016
- She lectures frequently on a variety of employee benefits topics
- Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Nancy was a partner at a large mid-western law firm and an associate with nationally recognized New York- and Philadelphia-based law firms
- Before going to law school, Nancy was an employee benefits professional at an international consulting firm and a public utility company
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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Why local counsel matters in Colorado
Practicing law in Colorado. Legal matters in Colorado are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Denver are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Colorado state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Colorado brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Colorado courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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