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BOSTON, Feb. 15, 2017 -- Bruce McNeil, Partner at The Wagner Law Group, widely recognized as the country’s top ERISA and employee benefits law firm, has been selected by the Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) to lead a meeting with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) where the topic of discussion will be non-qualified deferred compensation plans. The upcoming meeting has been spurred by recent inquiry to the GAO by Senator Bernie Sanders. Mr. McNeil serves as Chair of the PSCA's Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Committee and is considered one of the country’s foremost experts in the area of nonqualified deferred compensation.
Mr. McNeil has testified as an expert before the United States Senate Committee on Finance on executive compensation matters and is the author of over 28 books, including 17 editions of “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans,” “Tax-Sheltered Annuities Under § 403(b) and Nonqualified § 457 Plans,” and “Employee Benefits in Mergers & Acquisitions,” and over 80 articles on employee benefit issues. Mr. McNeil is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel and is the Editor-in-Chief of both the Journal of Pension Planning & Compliance and the Journal of Deferred Compensation. A member of the Bar in multiple jurisdictions, Mr. McNeil is also admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the United States Tax Court as well as several Courts of Appeal and District Courts. He has been an adjunct professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School and served with the Employee Plans Technical and Actuarial Division of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C.
The Wagner Law Group:
The Wagner Law Group, proudly serving its clients for over two decades, has been dedicated to the highest standards of integrity, excellence and thought leadership and is considered to be the nation’s most exceptional ERISA and employee benefits law firms. The firm has six offices, providing unparalleled legal advice to its clients, including large, small and nonprofit corporations as well as individuals and government entities, in over 45 states and several foreign countries. The Wagner Law Group’s 27 attorneys combine many years of experience in their specialty fields of practice with a variety of backgrounds. Six of the attorneys are AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell as having very high to preeminent legal abilities and ethical standards. Seven attorneys have been named to the prestigious Super Lawyers list for 2016, which highlight outstanding lawyers based on a rigorous selection process.
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