Matthew Whitehorn

Matthew I. Whitehorn is a partner in Dilworth Paxson LLP’s Tax Group, chair of the Employee Benefits Group, and chair of the Pro Bono Committee, and he was the 2016-2017 chair of the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT). Mr. Whitehorn works with clients on a broad range of benefits matters and has spent over 25 years focusing his practice on ERISA issues. In addition to ERISA and retirement plan fiduciary requirements, he regularly addresses benefits issues such as: Affordable Care Act compliance, governmental and tax-exempt employer pension and 457(b) plans, employee benefits in bankruptcy, compliance reviews of qualified retirement plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans and compliance with Code Section 409A and Code Section 457(f) requirements. Mr. Whitehorn is a member of the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans as well as the IRS Mid-Atlantic Area Pension Liaison Group. He is co-chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee and a member of its Pension Committee. Mr. Whitehorn was recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2014-2017. He graduated with a B.A./M.A. degree in History from Johns Hopkins University in 1981. He earned his J.D. degree from Villanova University School of Law in 1984. He received his LL.M. degree in Taxation from Temple University School of Law in 1987.