Michele A. Farber graduated from the State University of Albany in May of 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She completed the Adelphi University Lawyer’s Assistant Program in Employee Benefits in December of 1985. Ms. Farber has been working for Mr. Hoffman since March of 1990 and manages the firms ERISA Department and has been setting up qualified plans for physicians and other healthcare professionals in private practice, as well as non healthcare related entities. She is responsible for handling the annual administration for the firm’s clients who maintain defined benefit plans, money purchase plans, profit sharing plans, 401(k) plans and target benefit plans.

Her responsibility includes plan design, cross tested plans, contribution calculations, preparation of the annual valuations, preparing of the annual Tax Forms to the Internal Revenue Service, calculation of termination benefits, calculation of maximum loan amounts, and discrimination testing. In addition, she handles the day to day questions of clients, acts as the liaison to the Internal Revenue Service, handles all plan audits with the Internal Revenue Service, submission of plans to the Internal Revenue Service for favorable letters of determination on initial plan qualification and discontinuance.