Mark J. Grushkin

Mark J. Grushkin


Littler

Recognized since 2012

Los Angeles, California

Practice Areas

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

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With over 30 years of legal experience, Mark J. Grushkin focuses on providing clients with employee benefit services involving mergers and acquisitions, retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and litigation. He has been involved in a wide variety of employee benefits matters, including:

  • Pension
  • Profit-sharing
  • Employee stock ownership
  • Stock appreciation rights
  • Phantom stock plans
  • Welfare and fringe benefits plans
  • Deferred compensation
  • Early retirement programs
  • Severance plans
  • Supplemental executive retirement arrangements

    Mark has extensive experience representing employers in disputes and audits with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Labor (DOL), and other government agencies. He has represented large public corporations, small and mid-market companies, healthcare systems, nonprofit organizations, corporate trustees, and single-employer plans. Due to his extensive mergers and acquisitions experience, Mark also represents numerous private equity funds.

    Mark offers an employee benefits screening review for his clients, in which he replicates the company’s IRS and DOL audits. Through this analysis, he often discovers significant plan issues which may be advantageously corrected thus avoiding serious tax consequences in the event IRS or DOL audits.

    Mark has authored and co-authored articles on:

    • New benefits legislation
    • Cafeteria plans
    • COBRA continuation coverage rules
    • Tax laws and deferred compensation plans

      He also has been a speaker and panelist addressing numerous groups on employee benefits, including the Practicing Law Institute, State Bar of California, California CPA Society, American Society of Pension Actuaries, and the University of Southern California Tax Institute.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 2049 Century Park East
    5th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90067
Education
  • Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., graduated 1978
Bar Admissions
  • California, The State Bar of California
Affiliations
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association - Member
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association - Member

Littler
Headquarters: San Francisco, California

250 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

196 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Tax Law

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