TAX, BUSINESS, AND ESTATE PLANNING LAW FIRM
LOCATED IN PITTSBURGH, PA

PRACTICE AREAS   Estate & Trust Administration Estate & Trust Litigation Business Acquisitions & Dispositions Business Planning Employee Benefits Mediation Real Estate

 

 

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
16TH FLOOR
ONE GATEWAY CENTER
PITTSBURGH PA 15222

412-454-0200
FAX 412-281-6622

F. Jefferson Bragdon

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F. Jefferson Bragdon is Of Counsel to the Firm. Mr. Bragdon focuses his practice in the area of employee benefits (ERISA), taxation, business planning, business aspects of the financial services industry and mutual fund companies (Investment Company Act of 1940). He has more than 25 years experience in the employee benefits field.

Prior to joining Williams Coulson on February 1, 1998, Mr. Bragdon was Corporate Counsel at Federated Investors, one of the 10 largest Mutual Fund complexes in the world. Mr. Bragdon was responsible for Employee Benefit matters; in particular, retirement plans. He served as counsel to Federated's Defined Contribution Plan Administration subsidiary, the Director of Human Resources regarding employee benefits matters, and the Trustee of the Federated Investors Employee Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan. In addition, Mr. Bragdon was Secretary and Counsel to Federated's New Jersey state bank subsidiary and represented a $450 Million stable value Collective Investment Trust.

Mr. Bragdon has practiced in the employee benefits field prior to ERISA, and has represented a wide range of clients including professionals and a "Fortune 500" company.

A graduate of Bucknell University in 1964 and Duquesne University School of Law in 1967, Mr. Bragdon has been an active member of many national professional organizations. These include the American Bar Association, where he was a charter member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Committee of the Business Law Section, as well as being active in the Employee Benefits Committee of the Tax Section.

Mr. Bragdon has also been actively involved in local organizations including the Allegheny County Bar Association (past Chair of the Tax Section) and the Allegheny Tax Society. He has been a frequent lecturer on employee benefits for a number of organizations and continuing education programs. Mr. Bragdon's article "Taxes on Plan Distributions: Too Much Too Little Too Late" was published in a national magazine of the American Bar Association.

Mr. Bragdon is active in religious, charitable, and service organizations, including Ward Program Services, a United Methodist agency providing foster care and independent living for children and teens.

Mr. Bragdon can be contacted at 412-454-0233, or via email at jbragdon@williamscoulson.com.

Williams Coulson is a Pittsburgh-based firm which concentrates its practice in estate, business, tax, corporate, and retirement planning services.