Background
Mason, Kenneth A. was born on November 17, 1957 in Corydon, Iowa, United States.
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Kenneth A. Mason
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Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1980). Yale University (Juris Doctor, 1984).
Career
Worked at Spencer Fane Britt & Browne Limited Liability Partnership (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Banking, Business and Finance, Business Litigation, Communications and Media, Creditors" and Debtors" Remedies, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Estate Planning and Trusts, Health Care, Intellectual Property and Technology, International, Labor and Employment, Public Utilities and Energy, Real Estate, Tax Transactions and Planning, Tort and Insurance, Trade Regulations, White Collar Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1984, Missouri.
Law Clerk to the Honorary Earl East. O"Connor, Chief Judge, United States.
District Court, District of Kansas, 1984-1986. Company-Author: with Gregory L. Ash, "Trends in American Dental Association Litigation Affecting Employee Benefit Plans," Benefits Law Journal (Spring, 1997).
With Linda M. Laarman, "The Source Tax Law. Issues for Employers and Practitioners," Pension and Benefits Week (May 20 & 27, 1996).
Author: "Should a Tax-Exempt Employer Adopt a Section 401(k) Plan?" Pension and Benefits Week (October 28, 1996).
"Employee Leave-Sharing Programs: Legal and Practical Issues," Benefits Law Journal (Summer 1995). "Deferred Compensation Strategies for Executives of Tax-Exempt Employers," American Counseling Association News (May 1995). "Forum: Commentary on Section 457(f) Plans," Benefits Law Journal (Autumn 1992).
Lecturer: "Defined Contribution Plans," and Comparison of Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans," American Bankers Association National Employee Benefit Trust School (1996).
"Conforming Employee Benefits to the Requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Acting," Council on Education in Management (1994). "Complying with COBRA"s Requirements," Associated industries of Missouri (1993).
"Long-Term Care," Kansas City Chapter of Certified Employee Benefits Specialists (1993). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Former Chair, Employee Benefits Committee) and American (Member, Employee Benefits Committee of Tax Section) Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar (Member, Employee Benefits Committee).
Spencer Fane Britt & Browne Limited Liability Partnership has gained prominence over the years through its general business practice and that practice continues in all respects today. The firm"s general business practice includes all areas of trial and appellate work in state and federal courts throughout the country, as well as matters involving corporate transactions, employee benefits, employment law and environmental concerns. The firm"s clients conduct their business in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the rest of the country, as well as throughout the world.
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Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Former Chair, Employee Benefits Committee) and American (Member, Employee Benefits Committee of Tax Section) Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar (Member, Employee Benefits Committee).
