Peck Shaffer

Ronald A. Bell

Ronald Bell focuses his practice on tax matters relating to public financing transactions, state and local tax issues, general federal tax issues, including secondary market securitization transactions and ERISA and other investment related matters. Mr. Bell received a chartered financial analyst (CFA) designation in 2001.

Mr. Bell has over a decade of tax experience advising clients on structuring transactions for minimum tax burdens, advising clients in connection with audits conducted by the Internal Revenue Service, negotiating settlements with the IRS in various tax controversies, and advising pension committees about their fiduciary duties under ERISA, including compliance with ERISA Section 404(c) and other investment related matters.

Ronald Bell has overseen and managed required amendments, employee communication materials and IRS submissions of more than 200 qualified plans for a large firm, established and designated executive incentive and deferred compensation plans, counseled trustees and pension committees of publicly traded companies' employee stock ownership plans in all matters affecting those plans.