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Brokerage Services for Insurance and Employee Benefits
Karen R. McLeese is Vice President of Employee Benefit Regulatory Affairs for CBIZ Benefits & Insurance
Services, Inc., a division of CBIZ, Inc. She serves as in-house counsel, with particular emphasis on monitoring
and interpreting state and federal employee benefits law.
Expertise
• Author of At Issue, a CBIZ client newsletter that provides information of general interest regarding employee
benefits law and legislation
• Author of For Your Benefit, a CBIZ compliance/reference guide to welfare benefits
• Author of Benefit Beat, a monthly CBIZ e-newsletter containing regulatory updates
• Reviews and interprets federal and state laws and regulations impacting employee benefits
• Monitors federal and state legislation impacting employee benefits
• Provides information in response to technical questions regarding employee benefits
• Provides technical support in response to employee benefit issues
• Follows and analyzes trends in employee benefits
• Monitors case law impacting employee benefits
Background
Education/Professional
• Juris Doctor, Duke University
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Notre Dame
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association
• Missouri Bar Association
• Health Law Forum and Labor & Employment Law Sections of the American Bar Association
• Benefit Law Journal’s Editorial Board