Overview

Kristina F. Salamoun counsels clients who provide qualified health and retirement plans on plan design and administration.

Employee Benefits

Kristina assists benefit plan clients with compliance with ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other applicable laws, including COBRA, HIPAA, PPACA and SECURE Act. She advises plan sponsors and administrators on fiduciary matters and various government reporting and filing requirements. Kristina also negotiates and reviews service-provider contracts for employee benefit plans and drafts key documents such as summary plan descriptions, plan and trust amendments, and plan policies. In addition, she manages client responses to government investigations, and provides advice on the review of qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs), power of attorney documents, subpoenas and subrogation matters.

Prior Experience

Kristina came to Faegre Drinker from a boutique employee benefits law firm in Washington, D.C., where she advised clients on plan administration and litigated multimillion-dollar disputes in federal court. While in law school, she was selected for the Peggy Browning Fellowship program, where Kristina worked on employment discrimination cases at a D.C. firm, including a large sexual harassment class action matter.

Personal Interests

In her free time, Kristina enjoys cooking, traveling, collecting jazz records and spending time with her family. 

Credentials

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia
Virginia

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Clerkships

Fairfax County Circuit Court, Hon. Randy I. Bellows, 2015-2016

Education

University of Richmond School of Law
J.D. magna cum laude, University of Richmond Law Review (articles & comments editor) (2015)

University of Virginia
B.A. in Foreign Affairs and Spanish (2009)

Leadership & Community

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • Fairfax Bar Assocation