Mark Brossman

• Employment & Employee Benefits

New York

Partner

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Current

Current

Co-head, Employment and ERISA Department, Chadbourne Parke, 1986-98

New York University School of Law

L.L.M.

1981

New York University School of Law

J.D.

1978

Cornell University

B.S.

1975

“ERISA: An Employee Benefits Law for Those Afraid of the ‘E’ Word,” Law Education Institute, 2000

“Independent Schools in a Litigious Society,” Independent Schools Chairmen Association, 1999

“Issues Related to Other Than Full-Time Employees,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans’ Annual Conference, 1999

“Employee Benefits: Update of Recent Legislation and Case Law,” New York State Bar Association, 1999

“The Meaning of ‘Employee’ for Employee Benefit Plans and Programs: Are Non-Traditional Workers Entitled to Benefits?” New York State Bar Association, 1999

“The ADA and Independent Schools,” New York State Association of Independent Schools, 1997 and 1999

"Current legal climate for schools in Connecticut and New York," NYSAIS/CAIS Business Affairs Conference, Mohonk Mountain House, May 7–9, 2008

"The Professional Trustee" and "The Independent Fiduciary for ERISA Plan Investments," International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Advanced Trustees Institute, 2008

“Crisis Management for Fund Managers,” Investment Management Hot Topics, 2007

"Fiduciary Issues in 401(k) Plans: An Avalanche of Litigation,” New York State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section Fall Meeting, 2007

“Lead Plaintiff Update,” Institutional Investor Educational Foundation Annual Conference, 2007

“Evaluating and Monitoring Your Investment Advisors — When to Hold Them, When to Fold Them,” and “Searching and Selecting an Investment Manager,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plan Annual Employee Benefits Conference, 2007

“The Basics on Employee Benefits Issues,” New York State Bar Association conference on Employment Law for the General Practitioner and Corporate Counselor, 2007

“Legal Issues Confronting Business Managers,” New York State Association of Independent Schools, 2007

“ADA and Schools,” Educational Records Bureau, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007

“Trustee Communication with Participants,” and “Understanding Trustee Responsibility,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans’ Annual Employee Benefits Conference, 2006

“Securities Litigation: What Does It Accomplish?,” Institutional Investor Educational Foundation’s Fifth Annual Conference on Global Shareholder Activism, 2006

“Employee Benefits: The Liability of HR,” The Five O’Clock Club, 2006

“The State of Multiemployer Plans,” New York University School of Law’s 59th Annual Conference on Labor: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, 2006

“Employment Law for the General Practitioner and Corporate Counsel,” New York State Bar Association, 2006

“School Law Update,” Brooklyn and Staten Island Independent Schools Annual Conference, 2006

“LM-10/LM-30 Reporting Requirements,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans’ Advanced Trustees and Administrators Institute, 2006

“Trustee Expense Reimbursement Policies,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans’ Annual Employee Benefits Conference, 2003; Advanced Trustees Institute, 2005 and 2006

“Fiduciary Responsibility,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans’ New Trustees Institute, 2002, 2005 and 2006

“Legal Issues Confronting Heads of Schools,” New York State Association of Independent Schools Annual Membership Meeting, 2005

“Class Action Lawsuits,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Annual Conference, 2004 and 2005

“For Heads and Board Chairs: Legal Update,” New York State Association of Independent Schools Trustee/Governance Workshop, 2004

“ERISA Litigation and Compensation Issues,” Practicing Law Institute’s Annual Institute on Employment Law, 2004

“Multiemployer Benefit Plans Issues,” New York University School of Law’s Annual Conference on Labor, 2004

“Class Action Litigation,” Grant Eisenhofer’s Third Annual Institutional Investor Conference, 2004

“Corporate Restructuring: ERISA, WARN, OWBPA, Severance Agreements, etc.,” Law Education Institute’s National CLE Conference, 2003 and 2004

“Benefit Fund Involvement in Class Action Litigation,” AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Conference, 2003

“Managing Securities Class Action Suits: Insights from Plaintiff, Defendant, and Insurer,” American Conference Institute’s Trying and Defending Securities Class Actions, 2003

“Hot Topics in School Law,” New York State Education Department Conference of Non-Public Schools, 2003

“Revisiting Self Directed Investments,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans’ Attorneys Forum on Employee Benefits, 2003

“How Does the Collective Bargaining Process Interact With the Role of the Trustee/Trust Fund,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans’ Advanced Trustees Institute, 2003

“Employment Law Issues for Independent Schools,” National Business Officers Association, 2003

“Recent Litigation Involving Fiduciary Breaches,” National Association of Police Organizations, 2002 and 2003

“Legal Issues in Admission,” Educational Records Bureau Conference, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

“Enron’s Impact on Employee Benefit Plans,” New York State Bar Association, 2002

“HIPAA: Compliance with New Privacy Regulations Related to Medical Confidentiality,” Lorman Education Services, 2002

“Protecting Students While Protecting the School,” NYSAIS/CAIS Business Affairs Conference, 2002

“Recent and Proposed Legislation and Regulations Impacting Employee Benefit Plans” and “Legislative and Regulatory Developments in Pension Plans,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 2002

“Legal Issues in Communications,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Annual Conference, 2000, 2002

“A Look at New Legal Cases in Investments,” International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans’ Investment Institute, 2001

“Employment Law Workshop,” Lawyers Alliance for New York, 2001

“Legal and Practical Issues Facing Admissions Professionals,” New York State Association of Independent Schools’ Admissions Director’s Conference, 2001

“Executive Compensation: Legal/Tax Implications,” New York State Association of Independent Schools’ Business Affairs Conference, 2001

“ERISA Potholes for Labor and Employment Lawyers,” Law Education Institute’s National CLE Conference, 2001

“Implied Limitations on Employer’s Exercise of Discretion in At-Will Setting,” Practicing Law Institute, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001

“Working Capital: The Use of Pension Fund Assets to Influence Corporate Behavior,” Transatlantic Perspectives on Labor and Employment Law, 2000

“Fiduciary Responsibilities in Investments,” 11th Annual Pension Fund Conference, 2000

Moderator, “Empirical Studies of Arbitration Systems for Employment Disputes: What Do We Know?,” New York University’s 53rd Annual Conference on Labor, 2000