Drake D. Nicholas

The only Central Pennsylvania attorney listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Employee Benefits Law, Drake Nicholas regularly advises clients on various issues involving business structuring, planning and succession.

In particular, Mr. Nicholas concentrates his practice in the area of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, in particular concentrating in Employee Stock Ownership Plans and corporate succession matters. Mr. Nicholas regularly advises clients and consults with other professional advisors in the structuring of company buyouts utilizing Employee Stock Ownership Plans and corporate succession matters. Mr. Nicholas has worked extensively in the area of Employee Stock Ownership Plans since 1983. Mr. Nicholas also regularly consults with and advises fiduciaries on various issues involving fiduciary responsibility.

Mr. Nicholas also manages a unique independent fiduciary practice under which he serves as an independent trustee or independent fiduciary to Employee Stock Ownership Plans and as an independent fiduciary in other situations requiring the services of independent fiduciaries under ERISA.

Mr. Nicholas’ most recent engagement as an ESOP independent trustee involved an acquisition valued over 35 million dollars.

Mr. Nicholas also advises clients on various employee benefit compensation issues, including the structuring and representation of Qualified and Non-Qualified Retirement Plans, Welfare Benefit Plans, Qualified and Non-Qualified Stock Purchase Plans and Executive Compensation Plans.

Mr. Nicholas' ERISA/Employee Benefits practice also involves the representation of plan fiduciaries under ERISA. Mr. Nicholas also advises clients in estate, retirement and succession planning.

Mr. Nicholas has lectured extensively to CPAs and other professionals and before numerous business organizations on ESOPs and various Tax, ERISA/Employee Benefits Law topics.

EDUCATION

Temple University School of Law (L.L.M., Taxation, 1983)

Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., 1982)

Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1979)

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BAR ADMITTANCE

Admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the United States Tax Court

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

Pennsylvania, Dauphin County and York County Bar Associations

ESOP Association

Pennsylvania ESOP Association

American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA)

York Commonwealth Forum

Leadership Harrisburg