Judith W. Boyette, Partner

Practice Areas/Industries
Employee Benefits

Based in our San Francisco Office
415-995-5115 Direct Phone
415-995-3577 Fax
jboyette@hansonbridgett.com
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Judy Boyette is an experienced attorney who practices in the area of employee benefits. She advises employers and employee benefit plans on all aspects of employee compensation and benefits including fiduciary responsibility, financing, tax and regulatory issues and organizational integrity.

Judy is both an experienced lawyer and administrator with hands on experience running large, complex employee benefit programs. Most recently she was Associate Vice President of Human Resources, systemwide, for the University of California where she was responsible for a $40 billion, 100,000 member, retirement system as well as the third largest health plan in California. She also has substantial experience in labor negotiations, negotiations in mergers and divestitures and executive compensation. She has worked with legislative and regulatory agencies, with many appearances before California legislative committees. While at the university, she led transformational change of the human resources services. She is a national leader in human resources organizational evaluation and certifications.

Judy has been a partner in a national law firm where she practiced employee benefits law. She also has been deputy general counsel, responsible for corporate legal matters, including employee benefits, at one of the largest telecommunications corporations in America.

Presentations

• Healthcare Reform 2010-Special Focus on Grandfathered Plan Issues, SF Chapter, Western Pension & Benefits Conference (Jun. 2010)
• Principles of Pension Management for Trustees, Instructor for CALAPRS training for public retirement system trustees (Mar. 2010)
• IRS Employment Tax Audits—The Do's and Don'ts, CALAPRS Attorney Roundtable (June 5, 2009)
• Tax Determination Letter Update, CALAPRS Attorney Roundtable (June 5, 2009)
• "Tomorrow-Land: Retirement Plans in the Next Decade," San Francisco Chapter Western Pension & Benefits Spring Conference (May 14, 2009)
• "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?—New Strategies for Coping with PERS Retiree Medical Costs," Spring 2009 Conference of the Southern California County Counsels Association (Feb. 2009)
• "Updates on the IRS Determination Letter Process," California Association of Public Retirement Systems (CALAPRS) (Jan. 2009)

Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association, Tax Section, Committee on Employee Benefits
Western Pension & Benefits Conference
Alliance for Work-Life Progress
College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR)
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
Society for Human Resource Management

Academic Distinctions
Managing Editor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review (1980-1981)

Education
J.D., order of the coif, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (1981)
B.S., with honors, Special Education, Texas Woman's University (1972)

Admissions and Courts
State of California