JOHN L. UTZ focuses exclusively on employee benefits law, including matters affecting pension, profit sharing, ESOP, 401(k), executive compensation, and health and welfare programs. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and is a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. Mr. Utz is also active in the American Bar Association, having served as the chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the Section of Taxation and having chaired several ABA subcommittees on employee benefits issues.
Mr. Utz is the author of a regular column on executive compensation litigation in The NASPP Advisor, published by the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP). He is also the author of a chapter on Executive Compensation Litigation in the treatise Executive Compensation (published by the Bureau of National Affairs) and the author of two Tax Management Portfolios (on Nonstatutory Stock Options and Restricted Property under Section 83). Mr. Utz has published articles in journals such as the Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal, Employee Relations Law Journal, Labor Law Journal, The Labor Lawyer, Employee Benefits Journal, Journal of Pension Planning & Compliance, Journal of Deferred Compensation, ERISA and Benefits Law Journal, Pension Plan Administrator, The Corporate Analyst, Employee Benefits Counselor, and Journal of the Missouri Bar.
Mr. Utz has been a frequent speaker at national employee benefits seminars, including American Bar Association (ABA) National Institutes, American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) Advanced Courses of Study, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) National Conferences on Employee Benefit Plans, and the American Society of Pension Actuaries (ASPA) Annual Conference.
Mr. Utz holds a law degree ( magna cum laude ), as well as a master's degree (M.S.) in mathematics, from the University of Illinois. Mr. Utz's undergraduate degree (A.B. in mathematics, magna cum laude ) is from the University of Missouri, where he was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa.