He is a veteran ERISA pension and health care lawyer with a wide range of experience in all aspects of regulated employee benefit transactions and compliance. Experienced in both tax and labor (ERISA) aspects of employee benefits he provides services for small to publicly traded clients and where he may also serve as in house counsel. Mr. Hughes also specializes in health care law including HIPAA privacy, provider relations, pharmaceutical regulation and state and federal managed care law. He is an experienced Arbitrator of ERISA disputes, and formal post-professional mediation training.