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Appellate Advocates401(k)

APPELLATE ADVOCATES RETIREMENT PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.25%

Peer grade: A- · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Appellate Advocates reported $32,331 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.25% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,978 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.254%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (3,077th of 5,648), and 6,814th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.24 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 79 to 89 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,044,912
Participants with balances163
Active participants89
Employer contributions$532,072
Employee contributions$658,462
Employer contribution per active participant$5,978
Average account balance$86,165
Benefits paid to participants$239,508
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWITHUMSMITH BROWN PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.0M · 163 accts · $532K emplr
2023$11.4M · 147 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$8.5M · 146 accts · $500K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,290
Investment management$31,041
Total administrative$32,331
The Appellate Advocates 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,978
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,978 per active participant
2023$13,764 per active participant
2022$6,329 per active participant

Appellate Advocates's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
MAI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$23,998
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS · Recordkeeping · Trustee$7,042
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS, MAI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
2023GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Appellate Advocates before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$32,331 · 0.25%
2023$25,446 · 0.25%
2022$18,617 · 0.25%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 113305212 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.