Rebecca L. Sczepanski

Undergraduate School
Bachelor of Business Administration, Saginaw Valley State University
Graduated in 1987

Law School
Wayne State University
Graduated in 1996

Professional Experience:
Rebecca Sczepanski concentrates her practice in the employee benefits area. She advises clients on the design, formation and administration of 401(k), 403(b), pension, health and welfare, and cafeteria plans. She also counsels clients regarding pharmacy benefits management contracts, fiduciary and investment issues, and third party administrator agreements.

Prior to joining Ice Miller, Sczepanski was general counsel at Employee Health Insurance Management, Inc., a pharmacy benefits manager and third party administrator in Southfield, Mich. She has also been a vice president in the Institutional Trust Department of Comerica Bank, focusing on employee benefit trust, retirement plan administration and investment issues, and has worked as an attorney at both Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C. and Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in Detroit, Mich., where she focused her practice on employee benefits issues.

She is also a certified public accountant and, prior to attending law school, worked as a staff accountant at the Rehmann Group and at Cantwell, Cummins & Co. PC, in Michigan. While with those firms, she provided retirement plan recordkeeping, corporate and individual tax, and auditing services to clients.

Sczepanski earned her juris doctorate from Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich. where she graduated cum laude and earned numerous honors and scholarships. She earned her Bachelors of Business Administration from Saginaw Valley State University, where she graduated magna cum laude with a major in accounting.

Professional Associations:
Member, Michigan Employee Benefits Conference, 2000-Present
Board Member and Program Chair, Michigan Employee Benefits Conference, 2006-2007
Vice Chair and Membership Chair, Michigan Employee Benefits Conference, 2008-Present
Member, State Bar of Michigan
Member, Women in Employee Benefits, 1998-2001
Chairperson, Women in Employee Benefits, 2001
Member, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, 1990-Present

Special Certifications:
Certified Public Accountant, Michigan

Awards and Recognitions:
Member, Order of the Coif, 1996

Published In:
Sczepanski has written articles appearing in the McGraw Wentworth Benefits Advisor and the Wayne Law Review.

Speaking Engagements:
Sczepanski has spoken on employee benefit topics for the Employee Benefits Committee of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Michigan, the Michigan Employee Benefits Conference, and the Women in Employee Benefits Group. For several years, she also taught a course titled, "How Retirement Plans Really Work," for the American Society of Employers in Michigan.

Community Involvement:
Trustee, Salem-South Lyon District Library, 2002-2004

Bar Committees:
Member, Employee Benefits Committee, Taxation Section, State Bar of Michigan

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