Jason focuses his practice on providing full-service representation to employee benefit plans, plan sponsors and fiduciaries, which includes issues pertaining to governance, compliance, amendment/policy review and drafting and litigation. He is one of the few attorneys in the nation who specializes in representing registered apprenticeship plans, including standards and policy review, program compliance with applicable Department of Labor and state apprenticeship laws, advising on complex prohibited transactions issues unique to apprenticeship plans, scholarship loans, employment law issues and more.

He also represents and advises plans, plan sponsors and fiduciaries for retirement plans and health and welfare plans with an emphasis on Taft-Hartley (multiemployer) plans, helping them navigate through complex issues surrounding, ERISA, HIPAA, SECURE 2.0, as well as service provider evaluations, negotiation and drafting of relevant agreements, drafting and issuing requests for proposal for services and more. In addition, Jason regularly provides training on issues pertaining to ERISA, fiduciary duty, cyber security and other relevant topics in the context of employee benefit plans to fiduciaries and other interested parties.

Speaking Engagements

• Presenter, Taft-Hartley Retirement Plans Lunch and Learn, Webinar | May 7, 2025
• Presenter, Wage and Benefit Issues, National Business Institute Mini Law School for Kansas HR Professionals, via Webinar – 2025
• Co-Presenter, Know Your Policies, , International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (“IFEBP”) Institute for Apprenticeship Training and Education Conference, Orlando, FL – 2025
• Presenter, Drafting QDROs: National Business Institute, A Cheat Sheet for Family Law Attorneys, Virtual – 2024
• Co-Presenter, Legal Update for Apprenticeships, Midwestern Apprenticeship & Training Coordinators Conference, Lake Ozark, MO – 2024
• Presenter, Employee Benefits Law for Attorneys, KCMBA CLE by the Hour, via Zoom – 2024
• Presenter, Asset Transfer Complications, National Business Institute, QDROs explained in Full, via Webinar - 2024
• Co-Presenter, Fiduciary Liability Association with a DOL Audit and New Marijuana Regulations and the Trades/ Cybersecurity for Apprenticeship Programs, Midwestern Apprenticeship & Training Coordinators Conference, Lake Ozark, MO – 2023
• Moderator, Employee Benefits and Unique Issues for LGBTQ Employees, KCMBA Employment Law Seminar, via Zoom – 2023
• Presenter, ERISA Law for Attorneys, KCMBA CLE by the Hour, via Zoom – 2023
• Moderator: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA): Special Financial Assistance for Multiemployer Plans, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans 68th Annual Employee Benefits Conference, Las Vegas, NV – 2022
• Moderator: Employment Law Case Update, KCMBA Employment Law Seminar, via Zoom – 2022
• Presenter, Introduction to ERISA Law, KCMBA CLE by the Hour, via Zoom – 2022
• Presenter: Introduction to Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, KCMBA Employment Law Seminar, via Zoom – 2021
• Panel Co-Presenter: The Future of Apprenticeship Programs, Made in America Conference, Las Vegas, NV – 2021
• Author, Cybersecurity Issues for JATCs in the Digital Age. Benefits Magazine, Vol. 58, No. 4, April 2021
• Co-Presenter: Supreme Court Update; Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, Earl O’Connor Inn of Court, via Zoom – 2020 
• Presenter: Introduction to Labor Law, KCMBA CLE By The Hour, Independence, MO – 2019
• Presenter: Tax for Attorneys, Missouri Bar Association, MoBarCLE Webinar -2018