Terral J. Smith

Terral J. Smith’s practice focuses on employee benefits and employment law. He has extensive experience with plan design and compliance involving pensions, health and welfare benefit plans, apprenticeship training plans, vacation plans, multiemployer plans, litigation and advice, employee benefits arbitrations, and federal benefits litigation and collections. He frequently advises fiduciaries regarding mergers, spin-offs, and acquisitions of employee benefit plans. He also counsels clients regarding compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) issues, Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO’s) and Qualified Medical Child Support Orders (QMCSO), and Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), and Pension Protection Act (PPA) issues. He provides litigation and trial support for the Texas litigation group. Mr. Smith actively advocates on behalf of veterans and HR/benefits professionals in the Central Texas region and he is an active volunteer in the Austin Human Resource Management Association and Central Texas Compensation and Benefits Association. He is also listed in the 2014 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the area of ERISA law.