About David
Mr. Walters concentrates his practice in employee benefits, corporate law and estate planning. He has more than 25 years of experience counseling employers on all aspects of employee benefit plan formation, administration, and taxation. He also helps business clients form and develop their enterprises, including securing financing of assets and real estate.Mr. Walters frequently assists health care professionals with general corporate and employment matters with particular emphasis on retirement planning and employee benefit plan design and administration. Mr. Walters has been involved in the establishment, revision, modification, merger and termination of pension, money purchase, stock bonus, ESOP and profit sharing plans (including all types of 401(k) plans), as well as group health plans, health care reimbursement plans, cafeteria plans and dependent care arrangements.He serves on the Great Lakes Area TE/GE Council. The Council maintains lines of communication between the Great Lakes Area TE/GE Division of the Internal Revenue Service and the practitioner community and provides input and advice regarding tax policies and procedures related to employee benefit tax issues.
Mr. Walters concentrates his practice in employee benefits, corporate law and estate planning. He has more than 25 years of experience counseling employers on all aspects of employee benefit plan formation, administration, and taxation. He also helps business clients form and develop their enterprises, including securing financing of assets and real estate.
Mr. Walters frequently assists health care professionals with general corporate and employment matters with particular emphasis on retirement planning and employee benefit plan design and administration. Mr. Walters has been involved in the establishment, revision, modification, merger and termination of pension, money purchase, stock bonus, ESOP and profit sharing plans (including all types of 401(k) plans), as well as group health plans, health care reimbursement plans, cafeteria plans and dependent care arrangements.
He serves on the Great Lakes Area TE/GE Council. The Council maintains lines of communication between the Great Lakes Area TE/GE Division of the Internal Revenue Service and the practitioner community and provides input and advice regarding tax policies and procedures related to employee benefit tax issues.
Practice Areas
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Troy (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Troy (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Troy (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Troy (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Detroit (2015)
- Recognized: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Special Focus: Corporate and Partnership Transactions
- Special Focus: ERISA
- Special Focus: ESOPS
- Special Focus: Executive Compensation
- Special Focus: Fiduciary Responsibility
- Special Focus: Pension, Health and Welfare
- Special Focus: Tax
- Chambers USA 2017 (Leading Individual, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation -Michigan)
- Michigan Super Lawyers 2016 (Employee Benefits)
- 2016 "Top Lawyer" by DBusiness magazine (Employee Benefits)