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Kenneth A. (Ken) Mason

Partner
  • T: (913) 327-5138
    F: (913) 345-0736
  • Overland Park

Ken, a partner with the firm, heads the Employee Benefits Group. He concentrates on ERISA and other aspects of employee benefits law, including both tax and fiduciary issues. He has substantial involvement with retirement and welfare plans, executive deferred compensation, federal employment discrimination statutes, and issues unique to governmental and other tax-exempt employers.

Ken’s recent seminar and webinar topics have included the following:

  • Employer HSA Responsibilities
  • Wellness Program Update
  • Interaction Between Medicare and Employer Health Plans
  • COBRA After Health Care Reform
  • Participant Notices Required to Administer Employer Health Plans
  • The Basics of Cafeteria Plans
  • Annual Reporting Issues
  • Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
  • Legislative Obligations and Opportunities
  • GINA Reshuffles the Deck
  • Rethinking Automatic Enrollment
  • Cafeteria Plan Update
  • Effect of CHIP Expansion on Employer Health Plans
  • COBRA Provisions of the ARRA

Distinctions

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America
  • Selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005-2009
  • Past Chair, Employee Benefits Institute of Kansas City
  • Past Chair, Employee Benefits Committee, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Faculty Member, American Bankers Association National Retirement Trust School
  • Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge Earl E. O’Connor