7:30       Registration and Networking Continental Breakfast

8:30       Discrimination in Employment and Employee Benefits

                Phyllis C. Borzi, O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue LLP

             Lissa J. Paris, Murtha Cullina LLP

9:20       LTD Benefit Claims

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

             Martha Jo Wagner, Venable LLP 

10:10       Questions and Answers

10:15       Morning Break

10:30       Severance and Early Retirement Ligitation

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

                Lissa J. Paris, Murtha Cullina LLP

11:20     Cash Balance Litigation

                Thomas G. Moukawsher, Moukawsher & Walsh, LLC

                Howard Shapiro, Proskauer Rose LLP 

12:10       Cutback Litigation

              Mary Ellen Signorille, AARP Foundation Litigation

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

12:45       Questions & Answers 

12:50        Lunch (on your own) 

 2:05         Plan Termination Litigation

                Jeffrey B. Cohen, Chief Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC )

             David R. Levin, Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP 

 2:55        Spousal Litigation Topics

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

 3:45        Afternoon Break 

 4:00       Ethical Considerations in ERISA Litigation

               David R. Levin, Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP

            Denise M. Clark, H.E.R.E.I.U. Welfare-Pension Funds

              Gabriel J. Minc, Law Office of Gabriel J. Minc

               Charles B. Wolf, Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, PC