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| George F. Cicotte george@cicottelaw.com 509.783.6699 |
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
Washington 2002
United States Supreme Court 2001
District of Columbia 1999
Colorado 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Cir. 1998
E.D. Washington 2003
PRACTICE AREAS
Employee benefits advice and litigation
ERISA and benefits-related tax, corporate and
employment law
EDUCATION
Brigham Young University - Juris Doctor, Cum
Laude, 1995
University of Pennsylvania - Bachelor of Arts with
Distinction, 1989
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE
George F. Cicotte founded the Cicotte Law Firm in
2002. Mr. Cicotte's entire career has focused on
employee benefits, beginning in 1989 as a pension
actuary and, since 1995, as an ERISA attorney. He
currently serves clients in Arizona, California,
Idaho, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and
Washington. Before establishing the Cicotte Law
Firm, Mr. Cicotte practiced law in Washington, D.C.
with Covington & Burling, consistently ranked as
one of the most selective law firms in the nation.
Mr. Cicotte's broad employee benefits practice
involves such diverse issues as health and
retirement plan design, representing employers in
labor relations matters, federal taxation, assisting
health plans with HIPAA, COBRA and all other
requirements and advising on a myriad of
employment and fiduciary responsibility issues. In
addition to counseling with clients on compliance
and transactional matters the Firm frequently
defends ERISA lawsuits.
Mr. Cicotte has spoken throughout the country for
groups such as the Western Pension and Benefits
Conference, The Institute for Applied Management
and Law, The Society for Human Resource
Management, Deloitte & Touche Consulting,
Lorman Education Services, The National
Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors,
The National Employer Conference and The Zero
Alpha Group. He has authored and co-written
several articles and publications including the
employee benefits chapter of The Contingent
Workforce - Business and Legal strategies,
published by Law Journal Press.
Mr. Cicotte is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell, the
premier attorney rating service. The AV
designation indicates that Mr. Cicotte has been
recognized by other attorneys and judges as
having achieved the highest standards of legal
ability and ethical conduct.
THE CICOTTE LAW FIRM LLC
ERISA AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS + CORPORATE
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