Alton C. Ward |

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For over four decades, Alton C. Ward has committed himself to executive compensation, employee benefits, trusts and taxation. He represents many clients including publicly traded and privately held, taxable or tax-exempt entities and professional corporations with respect to their benefit programs. Al has extensive experience representing clients in disputes with the IRS, the U.S. Department of Labor and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Alton C. Ward serves as Co-Chair of Hill Ward Henderson’s Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits practice. Al is recognized throughout the professional community for his depth of experience and knowledge in the employee benefits area. Prior to entering the practice of law, Al was an actuarial and employee benefits consultant for over eight years.

Al served as Chairman of the Tampa Bay Pension Council from 1991 to 2012. He was a founding Board Member and past President of the Florida West Coast Employee Benefits Council. He serves as employee benefits counsel for The Florida Bar, is a member of the Southern Employee Benefits Conference, and a member of the Employee Benefits Committee of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association. He is a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.

Al has been listed in Best Lawyer’s in America in Employee Benefits law every year since 1995 and Lawyer of the Year, Employee Benefits Law in 2010 and 2016. The international attorney ranking organization, Chambers & Partners, has cited him as a “Leading Attorney” in its Chambers USA since 2014.

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