ERISA Litigation

ABA JOINT COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYEE BENEFITS  • LOCATION: Chicago, IL
 • DATE: November 10 - 11, 2005
SPONSORS: The Sections of Business Law, Health Law, Labor and Employment Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Taxation, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice; and The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.

Agenda - Thursday, November 10

7:30       Registration and Networking Continental Breakfast

8:30       Welcoming Remarks and Overview

              Program Co-Chairs

              Elizabeth R. Lishner, Law Offices of Elizabeth R. Lishner

           Joyce A. Mader, O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue LLP

            Martha Jo Wagner, Venable LLP 

8:45       ERISA Civil Procedure and Remedies

               Thomas G. Moukawsher, Moukawsher & Walsh, LLC

             Myron D. Rumeld, Proskauer Rose LLP

9:35         Subrogation and Reimbursement

                Mark D. DeBofsky, Daley, DeBofsky & Bryant

               Lisa M. Gomez, Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP 

10:05       Questions and Answers

10:15       Morning Break

10:30       ERISA Preemption and Removal

                 Mary Ellen Signorille, AARP Foundation Litigation

                Howard Shapiro, Proskauer Rose LLP 

11:45      Questions & Answers 

11:55        Lunch (on your own)                 

 1:15        Benefit Claims Litigation:  Claim Review and Exhaustion

               Mark D. DeBofsky, Daley, DeBofsky & Bryant

             Lisa M. Gomez, Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP 

 2:05        Benefit Claims Litigation:  Claim Standard of Review and Evidence

             Elizabeth R. Lishner, Law Offices of Elizabeth R. Lishner

             Martha Jo Wagner, Venable LLP 

  2:55        Questions and Answers 

  3:15        Afternoon Break 

 3:20        Fiduciary Litigation Including Employer Securities

              Jeffrey Lewis, Lewis, Feinberg, Renaker & Jackson, PC

            Lynn L. Sarko, Keller Rohrback LLP

               Nancy G. Ross, McDermott Will & Emery

               Myron D. Rumeld, Proskauer Rose LLP

     4:45       Questions & Answers

  5-6:15     Cocktail Reception


   
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