Nossaman LLP Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Plan

Nossaman LLP Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Plan

Established in 1969, the Nossaman LLP Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Plan is the internal retirement vehicle for the law firm's eligible non-attorney employees and equity partners. The plan is not a commercially marketed investment product; it exists to manage the firm's own deferred compensation and profit-sharing obligations. Nossaman LLP, with over 80 years of operations and 12 U.S. offices, brings its deep legal expertise in pensions and benefits directly to bear on the plan's oversight through partners Yuliya Oryol and Ashley Dunning, who co-chair the firm's Pensions, Benefits & Investments Group. Assets within the plan are held in registered mutual funds and investment companies administered by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. The plan does not disclose a target asset allocation or direct investment postures in private markets, real estate, or alternative vehicles. Its structure as a single-sponsor, private-sector defined-contribution and profit-sharing plan places it in a category of thousands of similarly modest ERISA-governed pools. No direct co-investments, venture capital allocations, or club deals are publicly attributed to this vehicle. The Nossaman firm maintains active professional memberships in the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) and the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA), signaling a professional commitment to pension fiduciary standards and legal best practices. In May 2026, the Altss research record noted that the plan's mutual fund holdings are custodied with Charles Schwab, a relationship that has likely facilitated recordkeeping and participant services for the small pool of beneficiaries. The firm also operates philanthropic initiatives, including the Edward Kussy Charitable Fund and the 'Do Good Things' campaign, which are separate from the retirement plan. This plan's structural differentiator lies in its governance: the law firm that created it also houses a dedicated Pensions, Benefits & Investments Group with partners who are recognized practitioners in the field. This creates an unusual alignment where the plan's legal counsel, fiduciary interpretation, and design spring from the same in-house expertise that advises external public and private pension clients on compliance and structuring.