May 2011:

I am pleased to announce that both the general public and College Fellows can now use the About the Fellows page to find Fellows who are willing and available to act as expert witnesses or mediators along with other information about each Fellow. Click here for a recent article about the new expert witness/mediator website feature.

I want to remind Fellows that the deadline for nominating potential candidates to become ACEBC Fellows is the close of business on June 13, 2011. New Fellows will be inducted into the College at the November 5, 2011 Induction Dinner in Seattle, Washington so save the date.

Finally, the deadline for students submitting papers for the ACEBC Writing Competition with the opportunity to win either the Clarin M. Schwartz Memorial Award or the Sidney M. Perstaldt Memorial Award is June 1, 2011. Winners will receive their $1,500 awards at the Induction Dinner.

I look forward to seeing you at the Induction Dinner in Seattle.

Mary Ellen Signorille, President
American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, Inc.
msignorille@aarp.org

View the 2012 Fellow Nomination Forms:
PDF version
MS Word Version

View the 2012 Writing Competition Rules

Presentations from 2011 Induction Dinner:

• Wellness Programs: Where Laws Collide (PDF of PowerPoint Presentation)
  by Judith P. Broach, Broach & Stulberg, LLP, Greta E. Cowart, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Karen L. Handorf, Cohen Milstein, and Lissa J. Paris, Murtha Cullina LLP
   
• Cigna v. Amara (PowerPoint Presentation)
  by Jeffrey Lewis, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker, Jackson P.C., Thomas G. Moukawsher, Moukawsher & Walsh LLC, Howard Shapiro, Proskauer Rose, LLP, and Martha Jo Wagner, Venable LL

Additional materials are available on the Members-Only page.

Press Releases:

2011 Writing Competition Winners (PDF)

2011 New Fellows (PDF)

Mission Statement:
Fostering excellence in the practice of employee benefits law and advancing public understanding of employee benefits.

The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel is an IRC Section 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to elevating the standards and the advancing the public's understanding of the practice of employee benefits law. In pursuit of this goal, the College encourages the study and development of employee benefits laws, initiates professional discussions of significant employee benefits issues and sponsors an extensive list of Continuing Legal Education programs.