Leigh Riley is a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, where her practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation. Her work includes advising on qualified retirement plans, including 401(k) and defined benefit pension plans. She counsels both private and public companies on establishing and administering all types of executive compensation programs, including stock options, restricted stock, phantom stock arrangements, nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, and executive employment agreements. Attorney Riley also routinely works on the benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, both on the buy- and sell-side.
Attorney Riley joined Foley in 1997 after practicing with a Global AmLaw 10 firm. She is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and a partner in its Labor & Employment Practice, as well as the Insurance & Reinsurance and Automotive Industry Teams. She also serves as legal counsel to the firm on its benefit plans and is a member of the firm’s Best Self Committee, which supports each individual working at Foley in achieving personal and professional success. Attorney Riley is the former vice chair of the firm’s Business Law Department and former chair of its Employee Benefits & Compensation Practice.
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