Louis T. Mazawey

Louis T. Mazawey


Groom Law Group, Chartered

Recognized since 1989

Washington, District of Columbia

Practice Areas

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Tax Law

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Louis Mazawey brings decades of experience as an authority on the tax aspects of employee benefits in all forms to his work at Groom.

As counsel to major insurance companies and a variety of plan sponsors—including corporate employers, trade associations, and public retirement systems—Lou has worked closely with qualified plans, 403(b) and 457 plans, IRAs, employee stock ownership plans, executive compensation, retiree medical benefits, plan terminations, mergers and spinoffs, the tax treatment of plan participants, unrelated business income tax, and the use of life insurance and annuities in employee benefit programs.

Lou has helped develop and implement a wide variety of benefit strategies involving, among other things: creative uses of insurance products in qualified and nonqualified benefit plans and trusts; innovative approaches for pre-funding retiree medical and life insurance benefits or for moving the liabilities themselves off the balance sheet; strategies for using surplus pension assets, including 401(h) accounts and providing other non-pension benefits; and techniques for de-risking pension liabilities, including retiree cash-outs and annuity transactions.

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Location
  • 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
    Washington, DC 20006
Education
  • New York University, BA, graduated 1971
  • New York University, graduated 1971
Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar

Groom Law Group, Chartered
Headquarters: Washington, District of Columbia

20 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

5 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2014 - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Washington, DC (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Tax Law
Special Focus:
  • ERISA
  • Executive Compensation
  • Government Plans
  • Pension, Health and Welfare
  • Tax

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