Adjunct Faculty Biographies

Michelle C. Kauppila

Ms. Kauppila is an associate at the law firm of Greenberg Traurig LLP, where her practice focuses on employee benefits and compensation plans, including qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, cafeteria plans, COBRA, HIPAA issues, and ERISA reporting and disclosure. Previously, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in their global human resource solutions practice and at a boutique benefits/ERISA law firm. She graduated with honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law and holds an M.S. in accountancy from DePaul University. Ms. Kauppila is a certified public accountant.