Bruce J. McNeil

About Bruce

Bruce McNeil brings more than 35 years’ experience to Stoel Rives and is one of the country’s foremost authorities on executive and deferred compensation. His practice focuses on assisting clients in a variety of employee benefits matters involving executive and nonqualified deferred compensation plans, as well as the tax aspects of equity, phantom equity and employee benefits litigation. A leader in employee benefits law, Bruce serves on the board of directors of the Plan Sponsor Council of America and is chair of its Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Committee. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel and is Editor-in-Chief of both the Journal of Pension Planning & Compliance and the Journal of Deferred Compensation: Nonqualified Plans and Executive Compensation, quarterly publications published by Wolters Kluwer. In addition to his legal work, Bruce is frequent author and lecturer on employee benefits matters. He has authored more than 34 books and 100 articles on related topics.

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Education

• Georgetown University, LL.M., graduated 1983
• Georgetown University, J.D., graduated 1982

Bar Admissions

• North Dakota, State Bar Association of North Dakota
• Iowa, The Iowa State Bar Association
• District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
• Connecticut, Connecticut Bar Association
• Minnesota, Minnesota State Bar Association

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