Suzanne Walker focuses her practice on matters relating to employee benefits and executive compensation for public and private companies. Her employee benefit experience includes advising clients with respect to the design, drafting and operation of tax-qualified retirement plans such as 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership plans and KSOPs. Ms. Walker frequently advises clients on executive compensation matters relating to employment and consulting agreements and the design and implementation of cash and stock-based incentive compensation plans. Publicly-traded companies benefit from Ms. Walker's extensive knowledge of federal securities disclosure and registration rules governing stock benefit plans.  Ms. Walker works closely with clients on the drafting of proxy statements and other securities filings.

Private and public companies also seek Ms. Walker's guidance with human resource law issues, including the development of effective personnel policies and practices, employee and director education on employer-sponsored benefit plans and the management of reductions in force and other severance matters.