Bernard O'Hare

• Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

New York

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

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Fordham University School of Law

J.D

1980

Georgetown University

1977

A.B., Government; magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa

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Activities: Member, American Bar Association (Tax Section, Committee on Employee Benefits, Subcommittees on Fiduciary Responsibility and Qualified Cash and Deferred Arrangements

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Activities: Vice-Chair, Subcommittee on Qualified Cash and Deferred Arrangements, 2001-Present)

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Activities: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee on Employee Benefits

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Activities: Chair, Subcommittee on ERISA Section 404(c) Regulations, 1992-1995)

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Activities: 2002 Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, fellowship based upon demonstrating sustained commitment to promoting public awareness and understanding of employee benefits law

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Activities: Lecturer, American Bar Association, City Bar Association and Human Resources Association of New York, New York University School of Continuing Education Conference on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, 1990, including a speech on Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits and employee benefit plans under the Internal Revenue Code to the Human Resources Association of New York, August 1998

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Activities: American Bar Association presentations on Section 401(k) Automatic Enrollments and Internal Revenue Code Automatic Rollovers, October 2000

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Activities: Los Angeles ABA Fall Benefits meeting

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Activities: Chair of Legal Issues Presentation, Church Pensions Conference, Savannah, Georgia 2000

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Activities: Speaker on Employee Benefit Requirements Pertaining to Returning Veterans, Pension Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 2001

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Activities: Presentation on EGTRRA Planning Opportunities, including catch-up contributions at the ABA Committee on Employee Benefits mid-winter conference, New Orleans, January 2002

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Activities: Interviewed on CNN Lou Dobbs Money/Line as an employee benefits commentator regarding Fiduciary obligations and "black-out" periods, February 2002

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Activities: Quoted in an April 23, 2003 Reuters news article "American Airlines Looks to Repair Tarnished Image," regarding executive compensation matters and in a Dow Jones newswire story, "WorldCom Ruling Seen Changing Section 401(k) Plans" regarding employer fiduciary issues and employer stock, June 25, 2003

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Activities: Speaker at ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits and the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel’s TeleConference, To Roth or Not: Recent Guidance on Roth 401(k) Arrangements, April 11, 2006

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Activities: Speaker along with Government representatives on an ABA Tax Section Panel on Emerging Fiduciary and other Title I Issues, Winter Meeting, January 2007

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