Counsel
Boston
Email: maska@murthalaw.com
Phone: 617-457-4131
Fax: 617-482-3868
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- Massachusetts
- Wisconsin
Education
- University of Wisconsin (J.D., 1983)
- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (M.P.A., 1980)
- Wheaton College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977)
Melanie N. Aska
Melanie N. Aska has over 30 years of experience in ERISA and employee benefit plans. She represents for-profit and tax-exempt employers of all sizes during all stages in the life cycle of retirement, flexible benefits, and welfare benefit plans – from plan design and implementation, to plan operations, voluntary corrections, and plan amendments, mergers, spin-offs and terminations. She also counsels employers on dealing with employee benefit plans in mergers and acquisitions.
Previously, Melanie was Of Counsel at Parker, Brown, Macaulay & Sheerin, P.C., an employee benefits firm, she was also the senior benefits compliance officer for Harvard University, a senior editor and seminar speaker with Thomson Reuters/EBIA, a shareholder and the employee benefits practice group leader for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based law firm, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., as well as an employee benefits associate at Ropes & Gray.
Since 1995, she has been a co-author of the Pension Distribution Answer Book, published by Wolters Kluwer, and she has contributed many articles on retirement plan-related topics to that publisher’s Journal of Pension Benefits.
Holds an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- October 21, 2020 - Melanie N. Aska Co-Authors 2021 Edition of Pension Distribution Answer Book
- July 1, 2020 - Murtha Cullina LLP Successfully Represents Savant Systems, Inc. in Multifaceted Acquisition of GE Lighting
- November 30, 2018 - Melanie N. Aska Co-Authors 2019 Edition of Pension Distribution Answer Book
- September 13, 2018 - After Recent Attorney Additions, Murtha Cullina LLP Labor and Employment Practice Group Prepares for Fall Seminars
- April 10, 2018 - Melanie N. Aska Joins Employee Benefits Practice Group
Melanie N. Aska has over 30 years of experience in ERISA and employee benefit plans. She represents for-profit and tax-exempt employers of all sizes during all stages in the life cycle of retirement, flexible benefits, and welfare benefit plans – from plan design and implementation, to plan operations, voluntary corrections, and plan amendments, mergers, spin-offs and terminations. She also counsels employers on dealing with employee benefit plans in mergers and acquisitions.
Previously, Melanie was Of Counsel at Parker, Brown, Macaulay & Sheerin, P.C., an employee benefits firm, she was also the senior benefits compliance officer for Harvard University, a senior editor and seminar speaker with Thomson Reuters/EBIA, a shareholder and the employee benefits practice group leader for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based law firm, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., as well as an employee benefits associate at Ropes & Gray.
Since 1995, she has been a co-author of the Pension Distribution Answer Book, published by Wolters Kluwer, and she has contributed many articles on retirement plan-related topics to that publisher’s Journal of Pension Benefits.
Holds an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- October 21, 2020 - Melanie N. Aska Co-Authors 2021 Edition of Pension Distribution Answer Book
- July 1, 2020 - Murtha Cullina LLP Successfully Represents Savant Systems, Inc. in Multifaceted Acquisition of GE Lighting
- November 30, 2018 - Melanie N. Aska Co-Authors 2019 Edition of Pension Distribution Answer Book
- September 13, 2018 - After Recent Attorney Additions, Murtha Cullina LLP Labor and Employment Practice Group Prepares for Fall Seminars
- April 10, 2018 - Melanie N. Aska Joins Employee Benefits Practice Group
- May 14, 2021 - Employee Benefits Group News: IRS Issues Guidance on the Taxation of Dependent Care Benefits
- April 19, 2021 - Employee Benefits Group News: DOL Finally Issues Cybersecurity Guidance for Retirement Plans
- Employee Benefits Group News: DOL Issues Model Notices, FAQs and Other Guidance About the ARP COBRA Premium Subsidy
- April 8, 2021 - Employee Benefits Group News: IRS Says COVID-19 PPE Expenses Are Deductible or Reimbursable Tax-Free
- Labor & Employment Group News: New COBRA Premium Subsidy Law Requires Prompt Action by Employers and COBRA Administrators
- March 18, 2021 - Employee Benefits Group News: A Summary of Key Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act
- March 31, 2020 - Employee Benefits Group News: IRS Extends the End-Date of the Initial Remedial Amendment Period for 403(b) Retirement Plans from March 31, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- March 31, 2020 - Employee Benefits Group News: CARES Act Includes Important Health Plan-Related Provisions
- March 29, 2020 - Employee Benefits Group News: President Signs Massive $2 Trillion Stimulus Package Permitting Retirement Plan Distributions and Loan Relief to Participants Affected by COVID-19 as Well as Waivers of 2020 Required Minimum Distributions
- March 9, 2020 - Employee Benefits Group News: The March 31, 2020 Deadline to Amend 403(b) Plan Documents Looms Large, and Other Remedial Plan Amendment Deadlines Will Follow
- February 4, 2020 - Employee Benefits Group News: The SECURE Act Significantly Changes Many Retirement and Other Employee Benefit Rules
- March 6, 2019 - Securities Group News: Apples, Oranges, and Fees Oh My - Fidelity Faces 401(k) Lawsuit Regarding “Supermarket Fees”
- Massachusetts
- Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin (J.D., 1983)
- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (M.P.A., 1980)
- Wheaton College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977)
