My legal practice and my service as a Trustee of Englewood Hospital and Englewood Health are similar in at least one important respect. In each of these pursuits, I have dedicated myself to working effectively with others to achieve practical solutions to complex problems.
Mr. Senter's practice focuses primarily on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation. He provides counsel to employers, senior executives, Boards of Directors and Board Committees.
Mr. Senter has extensive experience related to equity and non-equity based qualified and non-qualified retirement and compensation plans, stock option and deferred compensation arrangements, fiduciary issues under ERISA, plan qualification and administration issues, and employee health and welfare plans. He also advises clients on compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Affordable Care Act, HIPAA and COBRA, and assists in the negotiation and drafting of employment and separation agreements.
Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
Honors & Awards
- American College of Employee Benefits Counsel Fellow
- Mr. Senter served as Honorary Chair of the Korean Community Center's 2018 Gala, in recognition of his contributions to the advancement of healthcare for the Korean American population as Chairman of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.
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Mr. Senter was honored by the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Foundation at its Annual Gala in June of 2017. He received the Touchtone Award, the Medical Center’s highest honor, for his contributions as Chairman of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and its parent corporation, Englewood Healthcare System.
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© (a trademark of Woodward/White, Inc.) in the Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law practice area (2005 – present)
- Listed in New Jersey Super Lawyers (a Thomson Reuters business) in the Employee Benefits, Estate Planning & Probate and Employment & Labor: Employer practice areas (2013 – 2014, 2017 – present)
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Representative Matters
Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
- Representation of sellers of stock in a corporation with a significantly overfunded defined benefit pension plan which was assumed by the purchaser upon closing
- Representation of plan sponsors before the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Labor under the voluntary correction programs maintained by those agencies
- Representation of the new Board of Directors of a bank under regulatory supervision in connection with the recapitalization and takeover of control of the bank and the issuance of equity compensation to the new Officers and Directors
- Representation of a non-profit hospital on senior management employment and benefit issues involved in the intended formation of a new healthcare system in New Jersey
- Representation of the President/CEO of a New Jersey Medical Center with annual revenues of several hundred million dollars, in the negotiation and preparation of employment and deferred compensation agreements
- Representation of the directors of a bankrupt pension plan sponsor, and the trustees of an underfunded pension plan in connection with the assumption of the plan by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Negotiations with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on behalf of an individual against whom the PBGC asserted a claim for withdrawal liability in excess of $7 million
- Representation of a public company in connection with an internal review of all of its previously issued and outstanding stock options and warrants to confirm that the prior grants and exercises were appropriately reported for securities laws, income taxation and payroll purposes
- Negotiation of an employment separation package on behalf of the President/CEO of a U.S. operating subsidiary of a Korean automobile manufacturer
- Review and assistance with the restructuring of retiree health coverage provided by a college for its current and former faculty members in order to reduce the college’s expenses and limit its future liability exposure under the arrangement
- Representation of an actuarial consulting firm in its defense of allegations that it had improperly handled the calculation of benefits payable upon plan termination to the financial detriment of the plan sponsor
- Restructuring of a deferred compensation package for the retiring CEO of a federal credit union to avoid the immediate recognition of income upon employment termination
- Representation of a benefits consulting firm in the defense of claims brought against it by the U.S. Department of Labor which asserted that the firm was a plan fiduciary responsible for the misappropriation of plan assets
Uniquely NJ
- Englewood Health, Englewood Hospital and Englewood Health Foundation; Board of Trustees (Past Chairman)
- New Jersey State Bar Association; Taxation Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee
More Activities & Experience
- American Bar Association; Taxation Section, Employee Benefits Committee
- New York State Bar Association
- Journal of Pension Planning & Compliance (Aspen Publishers); former Editorial Advisory Board
Presentations & Speaking Engagements
- Presenter, The Board’s Role in Addressing Social Determinants of Health: An Interactive Education Session for Board ChairsSponsor: The Governance Institute, A Service of NRC Health, April 7, 2022
- Sponsor: Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, March 3, 2022
- Sponsor: Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, February 10, 2022
- Sponsor: The Knowledge Group, June 8, 2021
- Sponsor: Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, NJ Hospital Association, NJ Healthcare Financial Management Association, and Medical Society of NJ, November 17, 2020
- Sponsor: New Jersey Builders Association, June 23, 2020
- Sponsor: Clear Law Institute, May 22, 2020
- Sponsor: Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, August 14, 2018
- Guest Lecturer, Healthcare Reform and its Impact in New JerseySponsor: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Fall 2013 Semester
- Presenter, How to Avoid Common Pitfalls and Maintain Benefit Programs in a Compliant and Cost Efficient MannerSponsor: Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP and WithumSmith+Brown seminar, March 15, 2012
- Sponsor: Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Webinar, January 20, 2011
- Presenter, How to Successfully Handle Fiduciary Responsibilities in a Difficult and Uncertain EnvironmentSponsor: Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Webinar, November 11, 2010
- Presenter, Annual Employee Benefits UpdateSponsor: Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Webinar, October 28, 2009
- Sponsor: Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Webinar, June 9, 2009
Publications & Alerts
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, August 23, 2024
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, August 13, 2024
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, April 24, 2024
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, January 11, 2023
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Healthcare Perspectives Blog, July 14, 2022
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, January 18, 2022
- Quoted, Home RulesNJBIZ, January 17, 2022
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, December 28, 2021
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, November 23, 2021
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, November 2, 2020
- Author, Facilitating Great Board PracticesThe Governance Institute, E-Briefings, Volume 17, No. 5, September 2020
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, March 30, 2020
- Author, The Role of Minutes in the Governance ProcessGovernance Notes, October 2019
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, April 2018
- Co-Author, New Overtime Rules DelayedGreenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, December 2016
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, May 2016
- Quoted, Better Balance, Better BusinessN.J. Companies Explore Ways To Give Employees Balanced LivesEnterprise, May 2016
- Author, The Board Chair's JourneyFlexibility is key, but the mission never changesTrustee, January 2016
- Quoted, How to Hire and FireNew Jersey Business, August 2015
- New Jersey Business, January 2015
- NJBIZ, June 17, 2013
- Co-Author, New Jersey Family Leave InsuranceGreenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, June 2009
- Interviewed on the changes to COBRA enacted under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)In Full View, a weekly web based global business news show, May 2009
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, April 2009
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Employee Benefits Alert, January 2008
- Out IN Jersey, Dec 2007/Jan 2008
- Co-Author, New Deferred Compensation Rules Require Prompt Action by Sponsoring EmployersGreenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis Client Alert, Winter 2006
- Attorneys should understand the necessary documents and what is involved in administering the plansNew Jersey Law Journal, December 13, 2004
- Co-Author, The New Jersey Domestic Partnership Act Becomes LawGreenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, Spring 2004
- Co-Author, COBRA and HIPAA Update - Traps for the Unwary EmployersGreenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, Winter 2004
- Co-Author, What Employers Should Do In View of The Final HIPAA ‘Privacy Rule’Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, Winter 2003
- Co-Author, IRS Issues Final Regulations Concerning IRA Minimum DistributionsGreenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, Spring 2002
- Co-Author, Opportunities Provided Under New Federal Tax LegislationGreenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, Fall 2001
- Author, New Rules Concerning Distributions From Qualified Retirement Plans and Individual Retirement AccountsGreenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Client Alert, Spring 2001
- New Jersey Lawyer, February 1998
- Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, July 1997
- Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, July 1996
- Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, September 1995
News
- August 15, 2024
- March 26, 2024
- August 17, 2023
- August 18, 2022
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Practice Groups
Education
New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 1982
St. John’s University School of Law, J.D., 1979
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, B.S., cum laude, 1975
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1980
- New Jersey, 1982
- U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1980
- U.S. Tax Court, 1980
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1982
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Please visit our Award Methodology page for a description of the standard or methodology on which these accolades are based. Attorney Advertising: No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.