Insurance Benefits Law

North Carolina Insurance and Benefits Law Firm

Owners of companies and nonprofits need to place a special focus on the liability they face in the area of employee benefits plans. Implementing plans and paying benefits and retirement benefits can lead to disputes between employers and employees. We offer extensive experience in the complex areas of handling these matters that can help your business avoid the mistakes that lead to costly litigation.

Our lawyers can help you with insurance and benefits matters:

  • ERISA benefits
  • Pension and retirement plan implementation and supervision
  • Executive insurance benefits and coverage
  • Insurance benefits payouts
  • Employee benefits’ disputes and litigation

Integrated Insurance and Business Law Services

Led by attorney David Smith, our insurance law group advises companies on issues related to pensions, executive insurance, and health insurance coverage. We integrate our insurance law services into our business law group to offer solutions designed to meet your immediate and long-term needs. In the event an insurance or benefit dispute arises, we will work to resolve or negotiate settlement to `try to avoid costly trial litigation. However, we prepare every case in anticipation of trial in case settlement fails.

Additional information about ERISA and welfare and fringe benefit programs and the comprehensive services we offer in the complex area can be found on the employee benefits page Link

Recognized Leaders in Insurance and Benefits Law

Whether you have concerns about how ERISA, health insurance, or other benefits will affect your employment costs, we can help. We are recognized by business owners and executives in North Carolina as providing the legal advice and representation businesses need to help keep their insurance and pension costs under control.

Contact our offices in Raleigh to discuss your insurance benefits law needs with attorney David Smith.


Herring Mills & Kratt PLLC   Two Hannover Square, Suite 1860  Raleigh, NC 27601   919.821.1860  fax 919.821.1816
  • E. Parker Herring 1
  • David Curtis Smith
  • Bobby D. Mills 1,2
  • Anna E. Worley 1,5
  • E. William Kratt 3
  • David E. Duke
  • Mary Ann Dalton 4,6
  • Heather J. Williams
  • Stephanie C. Adams
  • 1 Board Certified Specialist in Family Law
  • 2 Member American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
  • 3 Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law
  • 4 Member National Academy Elder Law Attorneys
  • 5 DRC – Certified Family Financial Mediator
  • 6 DRC – Certified Estate & Guardianship Mediator


The Raleigh, North Carolina, law firm of Herring Mills & Kratt PLLC, serves residents and businesses throughout central North Carolina, including communities such as Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Wake Forest, Apex, Morrisville, Holly Springs, Clayton, Pittsboro, Sanford, Smithfield, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Greenville, Wilson, Rocky Mount, and Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina.

Wake County • Durham County •Orange County • Chatham County • Lee County • Harnett County
• Johnston County • Moore County • Wilson County • Pitt County • Nash County

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