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Kiesewetter, Clendenen and Red Join Butler Snow Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 25, 2014–Butler Snowis pleased to announce thatattorneysJennifer S. Kiesewetter, and Marianne R. Clendenen along with benefits compliance advisor Jamie Red have joined the firm’s Business Services Group.
“Jennifer, Marianne and Jamie bring a great deal of experience and knowledge to our Business Services Group,” saidDonald Clark, Jr.,Chairman, Butler Snow.“We’re proud to havethem join our team in Memphis and are excited about the added value they’ll bring to our clients.”
Kiesewetter focuses her practice on employee benefits, employee welfare benefits, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) matters, executive compensation, healthcare compliance and regulatory matters, and corporate law. She has been named in The Best Lawyers in America®for Litigation –ERISA in 2013, was a member of the Leadership Memphis executive class in 2013 and was named in Memphis Minority Business Magazine’s“Women to Watch” list in 2009. Kiesewetter earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Floridaanda master of science in communication, as well asher Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee.There,she was the recipient of the Charles Hamilton Miller Legal Clinic Award for excellency in civil advocacy,and the Hunton and Williams Outstanding Writing Award for appellate briefs. Kiesewetter is a member of the American Bar Association, the Mississippi Bar Association, the Memphis Bar Association, the Association for Women Attorneysand the Turnaround Management Association.
Clendenen focuses her practice on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and employee benefits. She has extensive experience in all aspects of employee benefits and ERISA, including plan design and implementation, plan administration, fiduciary responsibilities and duties and compliance. Clendenen completed her undergraduate degree at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., and earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi.
Red joins Butler Snow as a non-attorney benefits compliance advisor. Sheis experienced in employee benefits, healthcare regulatory compliance, corporate and transactional law, insurance and medical malpractice defense, family law, products liability litigation, personal injury litigation, FDIC regulatory litigation and fraud investigation.
About Butler Snow
Butler Snow is a full-service law firm with more than280attorneys representing local, regional, national and international clients from 17 offices globally. Ranked as one of America’s Top 100 law firms in the BTI Power Rankings, Butler Snow is recognized as one of the nation’s top law firms for client service. The firm was recently ranked 48thout of 650 firms in the BTI Client Relationship Scorecardfor understanding our client’s business, anticipating client’s needs, unprompted communication, legal skills, quality and keeping clients informed. For more information, visit www.butlersnow.comor follow Butler Snow on twitter @Butler_Snow.
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