| James G. Steiker
James G. Steiker is the Founding Partner and Chairman of Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple, P.C. and Chairman and CEO of its sister consulting firm, SES Advisors, Inc.
Jim is a corporate, pension and tax attorney and financial advisor with more than 25 years of experience in Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and other employee ownership matters, focusing primarily on ESOP design, transactions and compliance in entrepreneurial companies.
Jim is the immediate past Chair of the Finance Committee and currently serves on the Board of Governors of The ESOP Association, a trustee of the Employee Ownership Foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for Employee Ownership. He is also a frequent speaker and author on ESOP matters and serves as a director of eight ESOP companies.
Jim is a graduate of New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden-Snow Scholar, and of Wesleyan University. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.
Board Affiliations:
National Center for Employee Ownership Stedman Old Farm Nurseries, Inc.
Featured Speaking Engagements:
April 2012: Participated in the "Selling Your Company to Your Employees: ESOP" panel at the Ohio Employee Ownership Conference in Akron, OH
February 2012: Presentation on "Finance Issues" at the Conference for Minority-Owned ESOPs in New Orleans, LA
November 2011: Led discussion of “Strategic Alternatives for Partially-Owned ESOPs” at The ESOP Association's Technical Conference & Trade Show in Las Vegas, NV April 2011: Presentation on “Establishing Governance: Setting Up Boards, Selecting and Appointing Members, Compensation Issues, etc.” at the Annual NCEO Conference in Denver, CO
November 2010: Led discussion of “"Strategic Alternatives for Partially-Owned ESOPs" at The ESOP Association's Technical Conference & Trade Show in Las Vegas, NV
September 2010: Presentation on "Best Practices in Corporate Governance" at The ESOP Association's Annual Multi-State Conference in Scranton, PA
April 2010: Presentation on “After the Fall: The Recent Economic Crisis and ESOPs” at the NCEO’s Annual Conference in Minneapolis, MN
November 2009: Participated in the “Interdisciplinary Panel on Current ESOP Events” at The ESOP Association's Technical Conference & Trade Show in Las Vegas, NV
June 2009: Presentation on “The Trustee as Shareholder: Corporate Governance Issues” at the NCEO's Fiduciary Issues for Internal ESOP Trustees Meeting in San Francisco, CA
May 2009: Presentation on “Social Responsibility: A Win-Win or Extra Cost?” at The ESOP Association’s Annual Conference in Washington, DC
April 2009: Presentation on “Repurchase Obligation and Distribution Policies” at the 23rd Annual OEOC Conference in Akron, OH
November 2008: Presentation on “Legal Requirements for Boards of ESOP Companies” at the NCEO’s Effective Boards of Directors meeting in Baltimore, MD
November 2008: Presentation on “Repurchase Obligation: Funding and Managing in a Mature ESOP” at The ESOP Association's Technical Conference & Trade Show in Las Vegas, NV
June 2008: Presentation on “Legal Requirements for Boards of ESOP Companies” at the NCEO’s Effective Boards of Directors: Best Practices in Governing an ESOP Company meeting in Seattle, WA
June 2008: Presentation on “What is a Fiduciary and What are their Key Responsibilities?” at the NCEO’s Fiduciary Issues for Inside ESOP Trustees Meeting in Seattle, WA
May 2008: Led discussion on “Releveraging - A Tool for Managing Mature ESOPs” at The ESOP Association’s Annual Conference in Washington, DC
May 2008: Presentation on “Best Practices in Corporate Governance” at the NCEO’s Challenges and Solutions for Mature ESOP Companies meeting in Philadelphia, PA
April 2008: Presentation on “Determining the Feasibility of an ESOP” at the NCEO’s Annual Conference in Chicago, IL
February 2008: Presentation on “Fiduciary Issues in S Corporation ESOP Companies” at The ESOP Association's 10th Annual S Corp Conference in Lake Buena Vista, FL
November 2007: Presentation on “Issuing Warrants in ESOP Transactions” at The ESOP Association’s Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV
November 2007: Presentation on “How to Structure Acquisitions” for the NCEO's Using ESOPs as an Acquisition Strategy webcast
February 2007: Presentation on "Fiduciary Issues in S Corporation ESOP Companies" at The ESOP Association's 10th Annual S Corp Conference in Marco Island, FL
September 2006: Presentation on "Corporate Governance" for the NCEO's Challenges and Solutions for Mature ESOP Companies conference in Philadelphia, PA
April 2006: Presentation before the national meeting of the Materials Handling and Equipment Distributors Association in Marco Island, FL
December 2005: Presentation on the "Essentials of ESOPs for the CPA" before the New York State Society of CPAs in New York, NY
November 2005: Presentation on "Legal Aspects of Governance in an ESOP Company" at The ESOP Association's Two-Day Technical Conference in Las Vegas, NV
September 2005: Presentation on "Planning For and Forecasting Repurchase Obligation" at The ESOP Association's Repurchase Obligation Meeting in Chicago, IL
September 2005: Participation in a Legal and Technical Issues Panel at the NCEO's Get the Most Out of Your ESOP meeting in St. Louis, MO
Selected Publications:
January 2012: Featured in the SmartCEO Magazine article, "Organic Growth"
May 2011: Featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer articles, "Co-Ops and ESOPs Offer Strengths and Challenges" and "Crafting A Business Owned By Its Workers"
March 2011: Featured in the Financier Worldwide article, "Understanding ESOPs"
February 2011: Featured in the Life Insurance Selling Magazine article, "The ESOP Blindside--And How to Protect It"
Spring 2006: Contributed "Selling In: Liquidity & Succession Using an ESOP" for the MHEDA Journal
September 2005: Column in Family Business Magazine
March/April 2005: Quoted in "The ABCs of ESOPs" in Engineering, Inc. Magazine
July 2004: Contributed "ESOPs for Liquidity and Succession in Engineering Firms" for Leadership and Management in Engineering - a publication of the American Society for Civil Engineers
Spring 2004: Contributed "ESOPs in S Corporations - Look Out for Opportunities and Scams" in the Philadelphia Estate Planning Council newsletter
June 2000: Featured in The American Lawyer article, "Preserving Ben & Jerry's Lefty Legacy"
Summer 2000: Contributed "ESOP Fiduciary Committees" for the NCEO's Journal of Employee Ownership Law and Finance
Fall 1998: Contributed "Seller-Financed ESOPs and Leveraged QRP Transactions" for the NCEO Journal of Employee Ownership Law and Finance.
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