Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Speak at IFEBP Annual Conference

Date and Time: Oct. 13, 2018

Location: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, LA

Details: Employee benefits attorneys James S. Beall and Louise “Wendy” Pongracz, of labor, employment and workers’ compensation law firm Willig, Williams & Davidson, will speak as part of a certification program of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP).

The attorneys will present sessions at IFEBP’s Certificate of Achievement in Public Plan Policy (CAPPP) program. Held during the weekend of October 13 in New Orleans, the certification program is a pre-conference event for IFEBP’s Annual Conference.

Beall will present on fiduciary duties, using real-world situations as examples, for pension trustees, administrators, and professional advisors. Pongracz will provide an overview of fiduciary duties for health and welfare trustees, administrators and professional advisors, closing with a review of “hot topics” in the public sector’s legal environment.

Founded in 1954, the IFEBP is a nonprofit organization that provides objective, independent education, information and research services for professionals who work with employee benefits, compensation, and financial literacy education. Its more than 33,000 members include trustees and administrators from multiemployer/Taft-Hartley trust funds; benefits, compensation and HR directors from the private sector; public employee plan managers, administrators and trustees; and professional service providers such as accountants, actuaries, attorneys, and other consultants who work with benefit and compensation plans.

To register for the certification program or annual conference, visit IFEBP’s website.

About Willig, Williams & Davidson – Willig, Williams & Davidson (www.wwdlaw.com) is one of the largest and most respected union-side labor law firms in the United States. The firm has offices in Philadelphia, Jenkintown and Harrisburg, Pa., as well as Haddonfield, N.J., and Chicago, Ill. Founded in 1979, Willig, Williams & Davidson focuses on representing labor unions, employee benefit funds and individual working people and their families on a variety of legal fronts, including national, regional and local contract negotiations; dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration and litigation; tax and benefit law compliance issues; discrimination and other employment matters; prepaid legal services for union members; and workers’ compensation matters in Philadelphia and beyond.