Al Holifield
Member
E-mail:aholifield@hapc-law.com

 

Mr. Holifield, the founder of Holifield & Associates, P.C., focuses his practice in the areas of employee benefits law, employee benefits litigation, employment law and corporate law.  He earned his law degree and his M.B.A. degree from The University of Tennessee College of Law in 1992, and his B.S. degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, 1988.  He received a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist designation through the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  He is co-author of the "Age Discrimination in Employee Benefits" chapter in BNA's ERISA Litigation and a contributing author for BNA's Employee Benefit Law.  He is President of the Tennessee Valley Employee Benefits Council and speaks frequently throughout Tennessee on employee benefit matters.  Notable Cases: Raymond B. Yates, M.D., P.C. Profit Sharing Plan v. Hendon, 124 S. Ct. 1330 (2004); McGrath v. Lockheed Martin, 2002 U.S. App. Lexis 21278 (6th Cir.). 

 
 
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