Alan D. Duffy

Practice Areas

• Corporate and Business Organizations
  • Corporate Governance and Fiduciary Duties
• Labor and Employment
  • Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
    • Executive Compensation

Education

• New York University School of Law, LL.M., 2002
• The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, J.D., With Honors, 2001
• Kenyon College, B.A., 1998

Bar & Court Admissions

• New York
• Ohio

Mr. Duffy is an associate in the Vorys Columbus office and practices in the area of executive compensation.

Mr. Duffy has designed and drafted stock and non-stock compensation programs for a variety of public and private companies and tax-exempt organizations, including executive employment, change in control and severance agreements, short- and long-term incentive plans, deferred compensation plans and various other compensation programs.  Mr. Duffy advises boards of directors, compensation committees, senior executives and legal departments in these and related matters.

Mr. Duffy is a frequent speaker on executive compensation topics and serves as an adjunct professor of law at Capital University School of Law.  Mr. Duffy is a member of the American Bar Association and the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals. 

Mr. Duffy received his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University, his J.D. with Honors from The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law and his B.A. from Kenyon College.

Honors & Awards

• Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Employee Benefits/ERISA, 2009-2012

News

• 75 Vorys Attorneys Recognized as 2012 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• 72 Vorys Attorneys Recognized as 2011 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• 20 Vorys Attorneys Named Ohio Rising Stars
• 22 Vorys Attorneys Named Ohio Rising Stars

Events

• 2011 OBL/ILFI Joint Convention
• ERISA Seminar

Publications

• “Ohio Tax Laws & Rules,” Banks-Baldwin, 2007
• “IRS Rules No Private Benefit in Hospital-Sponsored Insurance Program,” Exempt Organization Tax Review, 2006
• “Solving the Low-Income Housing Partnership Tax Dilemma,” Exempt Organization Tax Review, 2006
• “New Law Spurs Employers to Review Deferred Compensation Plans,” Midwest In-House, 2005

• Securities Alert: NYSE Eliminates Uninstructed Broker Voting on Certain Corporate Governance Issues
• Client Alert: Fed Report Offers Insight into Compliance with Interagency Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Practices
• Client Alert: Proposed 162(m) Regulations Affect Deductibility of Equity-Based Compensation
• Securities Alert: SEC Adopts Final Whistleblower Rules Under the Dodd-Frank Act
• Client Alert: New Compensation Restrictions Coming for Colleges and Universities
• Securities Alert: SEC Proposes Compensation Committee and Consultant Independence Rules