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Harold
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Harold
J. Ashner is a partner in the law firm of Keightley & Ashner LLP.
He served as Assistant General Counsel for Legislation
and Regulations at the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation, where he drafted or supervised virtually
all regulations and policies issued by the PBGC
from 1988 until he left to form Keightley & Ashner LLP in early 2005.These regulations and policies covered
a broad range of PBGC issues, including premiums,
reportable
events, annual
employer reporting, participant
notices, penalties,
standard
and distress terminations, valuation
of benefits, and payment
of benefits. Harold is the author of several
publications
on PBGC and related matters, and is a frequent
speaker
on such matters at professional conferences sponsored
by the American Bar Association, the American
Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries,
the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, and other organizations. Harold was elected in 2001 as a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel and currently serves as a member of its Board of Governors. |
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Harold also served in various
capacities with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
and its predecessor organizations, conducting administrative
hearings at the field office level and preparing decisions
for the full Board at the headquarters level. While
at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, he coordinated
OPM intervention in MSPB appeals, advised and trained
Federal legal and human resources officials throughout
the government on Federal employment law, and developed
government-wide regulations and policies on adverse
actions and performance-based actions. Harold is the
author of several publications
on Federal employment law, including Winning
at the Merit Systems Protection Board: A Step-By-Step
Handbook for Federal Agency Supervisors, Managers, Lawyers,
and Personnel Officials (Dewey Publications,
2002, 900 pp.) and Representing the Agency Before
the Merit Systems Protection Board: A Handbook on MSPB
Practice and Procedure (Dewey Publications, 1997,
600 pp.), both widely used handbooks throughout the
Federal government legal and human resources community
on taking and defending disciplinary and performance-based
actions. Harold has been a frequent speaker
on Federal employment law issues at professional conferences
sponsored by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management,
the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the
Society of Federal Labor & Employee Relations Professionals,
FDR Conferences, Inc., the Federal Employment Law Training
Group, and other organizations. |
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In 2002, Harold was appointed
as a Senior Fellow of the Council for Excellence
in Government. He has a B.A. from the State University
of New York at Albany and a J.D. from the State University
of New York at Buffalo Law School, and is a member of
the bars of the District of Columbia and of New York.
He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits of the John Marshall Law School, the American Bar Association (Taxation, Business Law, Labor and Employment Law, Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, and Real Property, Probate and Trust Sections); D.C. Bar Association (Administrative Law and Agency Practice, Labor and Employment Law, and Taxation Sections); American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (Government Affairs Committee); and PBGC Alumni Association. |
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Harold is active in the American Bar Association, serving as: |
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Contact information:
Harold J. Ashner
Keightley & Ashner LLP
700 12th Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 558-5147
Fax: (202) 330-5490
Mobile: (703) 626-3433
Email: haroldashner@keightleyashner.com |
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