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Gilbert C. Van Loon

Gilbert C.

Van Loon

Overview

Gilbert has represented clients in in all aspects of retirement and health and welfare benefit plans – design, administration, compliance, taxation, employee communications, fiduciary responsibility, defense of benefit claims, examinations, ruling applications, correction program filings and merger and acquisition transactions.

Experience

  • Representation of clients in all aspects of retirement and health and welfare benefit plans – design, administration, compliance, taxation, employee communications, fiduciary responsibility, and defense of benefit claims.
  • Representation of clients in implementation of the Affordable Care Act, COBRA, HIPAA, and other federal mandates.
  • Representation of clients before the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor in examinations, ruling applications and correction program filings.
  • Advises on benefit issues in merger and acquisition transactions – due diligence; coordination, transition and termination of benefit programs; and correcting past deficiencies.
  • Representation of clients in all aspects of nonqualified deferred compensation plans – design, administration, compliance, document drafting and taxation.

Distinctions

  • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV-Rated
  • BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
    • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, 2001-2025
    • Lawyer of the Year, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Mississippi, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2024
  • Certified Public Accountant, 1981
  • Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants, Silver Medal, November 1981
  • University of Southern Mississippi, Alumni Hall of Fame, 2015

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi, 1985
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Mississippi: Southern
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 5th Circuit
  • U.S. Tax Court

Education

  • University of Florida, LL.M., Taxation, 1986
  • University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 1985
  • University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., Business Administration, summa cum laude, 1981

Associations

  • American Bar Association
    • Taxation Section
      • Employee Benefits Committee
  • Mississippi Bar Association
    • Taxation Section
    • Estates and Trusts Section
  • Capital Area Bar Association
    • Community Grants Committee
  • Madison County Bar Association
  • Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants
    • Board of Governors
      • Member, 1994-1996
      • Member, 2002-2004
  • National Center for Employee Ownership
  • The ESOP Association
  • University of Southern Mississippi Foundation
    • Board of Directors, 2010-2013, 2014-2017, 2019-2022
    • Investment Committee, 2011-2024
    • Executive Committee, 2012-2013, 2014-2015

Papers, Presentations & Publications

Gilbert C.

Van Loon

Overview

Gilbert has represented clients in in all aspects of retirement and health and welfare benefit plans – design, administration, compliance, taxation, employee communications, fiduciary responsibility, defense of benefit claims, examinations, ruling applications, correction program filings and merger and acquisition transactions.

Experience

  • Representation of clients in all aspects of retirement and health and welfare benefit plans – design, administration, compliance, taxation, employee communications, fiduciary responsibility, and defense of benefit claims.
  • Representation of clients in implementation of the Affordable Care Act, COBRA, HIPAA, and other federal mandates.
  • Representation of clients before the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor in examinations, ruling applications and correction program filings.
  • Advises on benefit issues in merger and acquisition transactions – due diligence; coordination, transition and termination of benefit programs; and correcting past deficiencies.
  • Representation of clients in all aspects of nonqualified deferred compensation plans – design, administration, compliance, document drafting and taxation.

Distinctions

  • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV-Rated
  • BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
    • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, 2001-2025
    • Lawyer of the Year, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Mississippi, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2024
  • Certified Public Accountant, 1981
  • Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants, Silver Medal, November 1981
  • University of Southern Mississippi, Alumni Hall of Fame, 2015

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi, 1985
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Mississippi: Southern
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 5th Circuit
  • U.S. Tax Court

Education

  • University of Florida, LL.M., Taxation, 1986
  • University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 1985
  • University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., Business Administration, summa cum laude, 1981

Associations

  • American Bar Association
    • Taxation Section
      • Employee Benefits Committee
  • Mississippi Bar Association
    • Taxation Section
    • Estates and Trusts Section
  • Capital Area Bar Association
    • Community Grants Committee
  • Madison County Bar Association
  • Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants
    • Board of Governors
      • Member, 1994-1996
      • Member, 2002-2004
  • National Center for Employee Ownership
  • The ESOP Association
  • University of Southern Mississippi Foundation
    • Board of Directors, 2010-2013, 2014-2017, 2019-2022
    • Investment Committee, 2011-2024
    • Executive Committee, 2012-2013, 2014-2015

Papers, Presentations & Publications