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Andrew E. Graw
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Roseland
Tel: 973.597.2588 | Fax: 973.597.2589


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Andrew E. Graw heads the firm's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group.  Mr. Graw has more than 20 years of experience in executive compensation, employee benefits and employment and labor law.  Mr. Graw was featured in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business and in the 2005 and 2008 issues of New Jersey Super Lawyers in the Employee Benefits/ERISA section of the publication. Additionally, Mr. Graw is listed among the 2008 Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Graw concentrates his practice in the development and administration of:
  • ESOPs and other equity participation plans
  • Deferred compensation arrangements
  • Employment agreements
  • Tax-qualified pension and profit sharing plans
  • Welfare benefit plans
  • Early retirement programs

He represents a wide variety of clients, from executives and medium-sized companies to Fortune 500 companies and multinational corporations.

Mr. Graw is a member of the firm's Closely Held Business, Employment Law and Investment Management Practice Groups, as well as the Tech Group.

His experience also includes:
  • Counseling clients in connection with merger and acquisition transactions
  • Representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
  • Counseling clients with respect to employment practices and policies, including independent contractor and discrimination issues

Previously, Mr. Graw headed the executive compensation and employee benefits departments of two nationally recognized law firms.




  • New U.S. Supreme Court Decision Opens the Door to Lawsuits by Participants of 401(k) Plans
    Employee Benefits Alert, February 2008
    Andrew Graw, Richard Plumpton

  • IRS Extends Full 409A Compliance Deadline
    Employee Benefits Alert, October 2007
    Andrew Graw

  • Impact of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 on Tax-Qualified Plans and Other Entities
    Employee Benefits Alert, December 2006
    Andrew Graw

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  • Peter Ehrenberg and Andrew Graw highlighted for their representation of French software maker Cegedim in its $647 million purchase of Dendrite International., New Jersey Law Journal, January 14, 2008




    Impressed interviewees report:  
    'The lawyers really care about our business
    and
    are truly dedicated to helping us succeed'
    – 2008 Chambers USA Guide




    Corporate
    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    Fiduciary Counseling & Litigation
    Investment Management


    Education

    Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1983)
    State University of New York at Oneonta (B.S., 1980)




    New York
    New Jersey




    • Member, the ESOP Association
    • New York State Bar Association
    • Member, the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals



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