Catherine N. Simpson
Catherine Simpson works with clients on the design, administration, and compliance of qualified benefit plans, health and welfare benefit plans, and deferred compensation packages. She also provides diligence and support on employee benefits and compensation issues arising in corporate transactions.
Catherine’s practice involves:
- Assisting with design, administration, and compliance of qualified retirement plans, including defined benefit plans, 401(k) and 403(b) plans, profit sharing plans, ESOPs, and nonqualified plan alternatives;
- Assisting with qualified plan conversions, terminations, and corrections;
- Counseling clients regarding compliance with Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Labor (DOL), and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) laws and regulations applicable to employee benefit plans;
- Implementing and administering health and welfare plans, including compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), HIPAA, and COBRA.
Catherine earned her law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law and her B.B.A. in accounting from Southern Methodist University.
Memberships
Association for Women Attorneys — Mentorship Chair (2020), Board Member
Memphis Bar Association — Young Lawyers’ Division
New Memphis Institute Embark Leadership Training Program (2021)
American Bar Association
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Representative Experience
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Representation of Addus HomeCare (Nasdaq: ADUS), a leading provider of home care services, in its cash acquisition of Chicago-based Summit Home Health, LLC. The transaction further adds clinical services to the Company’s largest market in Illinois.
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Representation of Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) in its $29.1 million acquisition of three affiliated entities: Armada Skilled Home Care of New Mexico, LLC, Armada Hospice of New Mexico, LLC and Armada Hospice of Santa Fe, LLC. This acquisition expands Addus HomeCare’s home health and hospice services in the state of New Mexico.
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Representation of Complete Health Partners, a Pharos Capital Group primary care platform based in Jacksonville, Florida, in its acquisitions of two Birmingham, AL primary care practices, Northside Medical Associates and Adamsville Family Medicine
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We represented a steel products manufacturer that was partially owned by an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) to sell substantially all its assets to a strategic buyer.
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Volunteered for Memphis Area Legal Services’ Saturday Legal Aid Clinic to provide pro bono legal advice to community members
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Represented a woman in a four-year adoption process to gain full custody of her two granddaughters
Publications
Media Mentions & Firm News
Accolades
Mississippi Law Journal — Executive Articles Editor
Moot Court Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Board — Internal Competition Chair
Honor Council — Investigation Committee Chair
Student Conduct Code Committee — Chair
American Jurisprudence Awards in Remedies and Entertainment Law
Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society