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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, Workers
in Employee Benefits, and other organizations.
In 2001, Harold was elected as a Fellow of the
American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. |
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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 is 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); Federal Bar Association (Labor
and Employment Law Section); D.C. Bar Association (Administrative
Law and Agency Practice, Labor and Employment Law, and
Taxation Sections); Federal Circuit Bar Association;
American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries
(Government Affairs Committee); Federal Managers Association;
Federal Executive Institute Alumni Association; PBGC
Alumni Association; and Society of Federal Labor &
Employee Relations Professionals. |
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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) 558-5151
Mobile: (703) 626-3433
Email: haroldashner@keightleyashner.com |
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