Jenifer A. Cromwell
Jenifer A. Cromwell first joined Bredhoff & Kaiser in 2002, and after practicing employee benefits at another firm, returned to Bredhoff & Kaiser in 2011. Jen advises clients on a wide range of federal tax and ERISA matters regarding employee benefits. Her practice encompasses health and welfare benefit plans and qualified retirement plans.
Jen’s work with health and welfare plans includes counseling on administrative issues, including compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Affordable Care Act”), HIPAA privacy and security, COBRA, Form 5500 reporting, and participant disclosures and notices. Her work with qualified retirement plans includes counseling on compliance with the Internal Revenue Code, plan design and amendments, and participant disclosures. She also has extensive experience negotiating contracts with third-party administrators, record keepers, insurance carriers, consultants, and vendors.
Jen speaks regularly on employee benefits matters, including the Affordable Care Act, HIPAA privacy, wellness programs, and benefits and tax issues related to providing benefits for same-sex spouses and domestic partners. She regularly writes articles on employee benefits matters, and authored the Disclosure and Reporting Obligations for Group Health Plans chapter in Benefits Compliance: Strategies for Plans, Programs & Policies, which was published in 2010.
In addition to Jen’s employee benefits practice, she also advises non-profit organizations on tax compliance and a wide variety of organizational matters, including Internet and website related policies, contracting, and fundraising.
Jen’s pro bono work includes serving as a mediator for the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Jen graduated magna cum laude from the American University Washington College of Law. She is a member of the bars of Maryland and the District of Columbia, and she serves on the Steering Committee of the District of Columbia Bar Association’s Health Law Section.
