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Dipa N. Sudra

Partner

Employee Benefits Partner

T 206.757.8270 Seattle
I team with my clients to solve their benefits puzzles efficiently, using plain English (sometimes even a laugh).
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Dipa thinks like a member of your team. She strives to understand her clients' business environment and challenges, and will provide appropriately tailored advice. She uses her deep knowledge of employee benefits related laws to craft novel solutions.

Dipa Sudra advises employers on all employee benefits and ERISA-related issues. She drafts and maintains 401(k) and profit-sharing plans, 403(b) plans, 457(b) plans, defined benefit pension plans, health and welfare benefit plans (including wrap plans, flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement arrangements, and health savings accounts), wellness plans, severance plans, fringe benefit plans, and cafeteria plans. As part of this work, she advises on plan governance (including RFPs), plan corrections (such as EPCRS), plan mergers, and spin-offs. She performs controlled and affiliated service group analyses, negotiates service contracts, and represents clients in IRS and Department of Labor investigations. Dipa proactively works with her clients to ensure they are ahead of legal developments and have robust governance practices.

Practice Highlights

IRS/DOL representation

Representing clients in successfully abating millions of dollars assessed as employer shared responsibility payments (ESRP), and representing clients with IRS and DOL audits.

Plan drafting

Drafting retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and associated documents.

Advice and counsel

Providing sophisticated ongoing advice and counsel related to plan design, including correction of operational and other errors relating to benefits plans, including through the IRS' EPCRS.
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Admitted to Practice

  • Washington

Education

  • M.A., University of Oxford, 2001
  • LPC, College of Law, Guildford, 1997
  • ATII, Chartered Institute of Taxation (U.K.), 2000
  • B.A., Jurisprudence, University of Oxford, 1996, with honors

Languages

  • Gujarati

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Executive Committee, Davis Wright Tremaine
    • Western Pension and Benefits Council
    • King County Bar Association
    • Non-practicing U.K. Solicitor, Law Society of England and Wales

Professional Recognition

    • Named as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" by Chambers USA in Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Washington), 2020-2026; received "Band 1" ranking, 2025-2026
    • Named as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" by Best Lawyers in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, 2020-present; in Litigation - ERISA, 2025-present
    • Selected to "Washington Rising Stars" in Employee Benefits/ERISA, Thomson Reuters, 2010-2011
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