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Anne Pachciarek

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anne.pachciarek@dlapiper.com

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203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1900
Chicago, Illinois 60601-1293
United States
T: +1 312 368 3488 F: +1 312 630 2792

Anne M. Pachciarek helps companies establish and operate their employee benefit plans, such as medical plans, 401(k) plans, pension plans and executive compensation programs. With more than 20 years of experience, she works with public companies and closely held businesses to find solutions to a wide range of ERISA compliance, fiduciary responsibility and plan administration problems. She advises on welfare plans, pension and profit sharing plans, cafeteria plans and deferred compensation programs, as well as on the handling of benefit plans in mergers and acquisitions.

Ms. Pachciarek is an adjunct instructor in employee benefits law at The John Marshall Law School. In addition, she has been a speaker on various employee benefit topics before business and professional groups, including the Health and Welfare Plan Management for Mid-Sized Employers Conference, the Directors Roundtable, the HR Management Association of Chicago, the WEB Network, the Practising Law Institute, the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Tax Club. She also has contributed articles on employee benefits topics to publications such as the Family Advocate, which is published by the ABA Section of Family Law, the Illinois Banker, the Practical Accountant and other journals. Ms. Pachciarek is a member of the Employee Benefits Committee of the American Bar Association.

Ms. Pachciarek was the Chair of the summer program for the Chicago office in 2005.

Admissions

Illinois

Memberships

Employee Benefits Committee of the American Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association

Publications

Co-author, “Heeding the Call .. The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 and the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994,” Illinois Banker (October 2001)
Co-author, “Can Prenups Waive Pension Benefits?,” American Bar Association Family Advocate (Fall 2001)

Seminars

Moderator, "Benefit Plan Sponsor Liability Issues," roundtable discussion at American Conference Institute's 4th Annual Advanced Forum on Defending and Managing ERISA Litigation, New York (October 20, 2011)
Presenter, "Administering Changes Brought by the PPACA and Anticipating New and Emerging Theories of Liability," workshop at American Conference Institute's 4th Annual Advanced Forum on Defending and Managing ERISA Litigation, New York (October 19, 2011)
Speaker, "How to Coordinate Health Care Reform with Other Laws," Health and Welfare Plan Management for Mid-Sized Employers Conference, Las Vegas (September 15, 2011)
Presenter, "Coordinating Health Care Reform with Existing Federal Law," Health and Welfare Plan Management for Mid-Sized Employers Conference, Chicago (June 9, 2011)
Presenter, "Prospering in a Post-Health Care Reform World," Webinar with PricewaterhouseCoopers (September 10, 2010)
Presenter, "Prospering in a Post-Health Care Reform World," Directors Roundtable, Los Angeles (June 30, 2010)
Presenter, "Key Issues Facing Boards of Directors: Prospering in a Post Health Reform World - The Revolution in Healthcare and Other Benefits," Directors Roundtable, Chicago (June 15, 2010)
Speaker, "The Latest Development in Benefits Law: What Employers Need to Know Now," Total Rewards Interest Group Program, sponsored by HR Management Association of Chicago (March 18, 2010)
Presentation on COBRA, HIPAA, HSAs and Same-Sex Spouse Benefits for 33rd Practicing law institute on Employment Law, Chicago (October 19, 2004)
"Employee Benefit Law," team taught at The John Marshall Law School (Spring Session 2004)
"Legislative and regulatory developments in 2003 affecting retirement plans," Chicago Chapter of the Worldwide Employee Benefits Network (WEB) (December 3, 2003)
"The Enforceability of Retirement Benefits Waivers in Premarital Agreements," Illinois State Bar Association Family Law Section, Midyear Meeting (December 14, 2001)