Steve Leventhal is
the Principal of Pension Compliance Solutions in Bend, Oregon, specializing
in all aspects of employee benefits. He is a member of the Oregon
Bar, Massachusetts Bar, and District of Columbia Bar, and is authorized
to practice before the Internal Revenue Service.
Leventhal also maintains
a private practice of law in Bend, OR, where he
does estate planning, probate work, general litigation, and business
and
tax planning.
Steve Leventhal has a varied and extensive legal
background, and has worked primarily in the employee benefits field
since 1983. He has been a supervising attorney in the IRS Employee
Plans Division in Washington, DC; an Executive Editor for the tax
and business publishing company, Commerce Clearing House, Inc.;
and a prosecuting attorney, civil litigator, and appellate attorney,
for the District of Columbia Corporation Counsels Office in
both the local and federal court systems.
As an Executive Editor for CCH, Inc.,
from 1990-2001, Steve was the defining authority on the IRS's voluntary
compliance programs under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution
System (EPCRS). He worked on the following projects while at CCH,
Inc.