Molly Hobbs | Partner | Denver, CO Attorney

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Molly Callender Hobbs

Partner

Denver
phone: 303.749.7275
fax: 303.749.7272

email: [email protected]

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Overview

Molly focuses her practice on a variety of employee benefit and executive compensation matters.

Molly advises clients on a wide range of employee benefits issues, including the design and implementation of qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and equity compensation arrangements. She helps clients navigate the complex legal and regulatory issues relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA); Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA); and relevant sections of the Internal Revenue Code, including Sections 162(m), 280G and 409A.

Industries

Education

Healthcare

Services

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Financial Institutions M&A and Regulatory Compliance

Tax

Recognition

Chambers USA
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, 2025
The Legal 500 United States
- Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design, Recommended lawyer, 2025

Education

LL.M. (Taxation), University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law
B.S., Tulane University
- Business
- magna cum laude

Admissions

Colorado
Missouri

Professional Memberships and Certifications

Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
Western Pension & Benefit Council, Board of Directors, 2017-present

Legal Updates | January 15, 2025

Time to Restate? It's Not Too Late! Upcoming Restatement Deadlines for Pre-Approved Retirement Plans

Blog | June 28, 2022

Legal Updates | November 08, 2021

Planning for 2022: Year-End Deadlines and Considerations for Employee Retirement, Health and Welfare Plans

Legal Updates | March 1, 2021

New Proposed EEOC Regulations Pose Potential Hurdles on Common Wellness Incentives

Webinar | November 21, 2024

ACA Refresher: "Play or Pay" and Mandatory Employer Reporting Requirements

Webinar | October 29, 2024

Creepy Cases & Terrifying Trends: The 2024 Year-End ERISA Compliance Update

Speaking Engagements | December 6, 2023

Speaker, "Structuring Deferred Compensation: Plan Options and Key Considerations for Employee Benefits Counsel," Strafford CLE Webinar

Webinar | November 2, 2023

2023 Labor & Employment Legal Updates: Colorado Program

Webinar | March 31, 2022

Health and Welfare Legal Updates

Speaking Engagements | November 9, 2021

Speaker, "Benefit Plans in the COVID-19 Era: 2021 Year-End Action Items and 2022 Considerations," WP&BC Denver Chapter: November Virtual Meeting

Webinar | October 1, 2021

Benefit Plans in the COVID-19 Era: 2021 Year-End Action Items and 2022 Considerations

Speaking Engagements | August 5, 2021

News Releases | June 11, 2025

С��Ѽ��Ƶ Earns 19 Practice Rankings in 2025 Edition of The Legal 500

News Releases | June 05, 2025

С��Ѽ��Ƶ Achieves Record Rankings in 2025 Edition of Chambers USA

News Releases | March 13, 2025

С��Ѽ��Ƶ Guides ImplantBase in Sale to Surgimate

News Releases | November 04, 2024

С��Ѽ��Ƶ Represents CBC Bancorp in Acquisition of Bay Community Bancorp

News Releases | August 03, 2023

С��Ѽ��Ƶ Advises Tagger Media in Sale to Sprout Social

Media Mentions | February 28, 2022

News Releases | February 28, 2022

С��Ѽ��Ƶ Guides LivWell in Sale to PharmaCann

Media Mentions | December 07, 2021

News Releases | December 06, 2021

С��Ѽ��Ƶ Elects 36 to 2022 Partnership Class

Media Mentions | August 27, 2021

Media Mentions | June 18, 2021

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Media Mentions | June 15, 2021

Media Mentions | October 28, 2020

Community Leadership

Molly leads fundraising events to improve the lives of people with Type 1 diabetes.

Since 2014, Molly has served on the Young Leadership Committee of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). JDRF funds research for new treatments and therapies that make day-to-day life with Type 1 diabetes easier, safer and healthier.