Barry Salkin - New York, NY

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

Current Employment Position(s)

• Of Counsel

Pro Bono Activities

• Member of the Journal of Pension Planning & Compliance Editorial Board
• Member of the Legal Advisory Counsel for the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, 2000 - Present
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Benefits Law Journal, June 2015 - Present

Published Works

Articles

• Crimes and Illegal Acts - Benefits Law Journal, Summer 2021
  
• Arbitration of ERISA Retirement Plan Disputes - Co-author, Lexis Nexis Practical Guidance Practice Notes, June 2021
  
• Primer on the Code's Required Minimum Distribution Rules: Post-SECURE Act - Barry Salkin and REgina Mandl thanked by author Kathryn Kennedy, Bloomberg Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal TM, June 4, 2021
  
• 4 Takeaways From DOL's New Cybersecurity Guidance - Law360, April 16, 2021 (PDF)
  
• Mandated Benefits 2021 Compliance Guide - Co-author, Wolters Kluwer, April 2021
  
• Important Details About SECURE Act Birth and Adoption Distributions - PLANADVISER, September 9, 2020 (PDF)
• Stakeholders Want More Substantive PEP Guidance from DOL - PLANADVISER, August 25, 2020 (PDF)
• Principal Purpose Organizations; An Exersize in Statutory Interpretation and First Amendment Analysis -Co-author with Susan Rees, Journal of Pension Planning& & Compliance, Spring 2020
• Return of the DOL’s ‘Five-Part Fiduciary Test’- Co-author with Livia Aber and Stephen Wilkes, 401(k) Specialist, July 2, 2020
• Church Plans Under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code - Lexis Nexis Practice Advisor Practice Note, May 2020
• Employee Retention Tax Credit Under the CARES Act - Co-author with Roberta Watson and Livia Aber, The Wagner Law Group Law Alert, May 21, 2020
• New Legislation Affecting Workplace Health & Welfare Benefits- Co-panelist with Roberta Watson and Dannae Delano, The Wagner Law Group free webinar, May 15, 2020, 1:00 PM (ET)
• Silver Lining: Advisors Can Urge Clients to Give More to Charity - Financial Advisor IQ, May 7, 2020 (PDF)
• Planning in the Age of a Pandemic: Estate Planning and CARES Act Considerations - Co-panelist with Regina Snow Mandl, The Wagner Law Group Free Webinar, May 6, 2020, 2:00 PM (ET) - Recording available here - PowerPoint presentation available here
• The Families First Coronavirus Response Act Updated to Include Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Provisions - Co-author with Roberta Watson and Virginia Peabody, The Wagner Law Group Law Alert, April 1, 2020
• The Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Co-author with Roberta Watson and Virginia Peabody, The Wagner Law Group Law Alert, March 26, 2020
• Agencies Issue Proposed Rules Regarding Health Care Transparency - Co-author with Roberta Watson, The Wagner Law Group Law Alert, March 19, 2020
• Statute of Limitation for ERISA Claims - Co-author with Jordan Mamorsky, Lexis Nexis Practice Advisor Practice Note, January 2020
• Mandated Benefits 2020 Compliance Guide - Co-authors Katherine Brustowicz, Dannae Delano, David Gabor, Marcia Wagner and Roberta Casper Watson, Wolters Kluwer, December 2019
• Posthumous Nunc Pro Runc QDROs - Barry Salkin, Wolters Kluwer Benefits Law Journal, Volume 23, No. 3, Autumn 2019
• Respondeat Supperior in the ERISA Context - Wolters Kluwer Benefits Law Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, Spring 2019
• Multiple Employer Plans and PEOs - The Wagner Law Group Law Alert, February 19. 2019
• ERISA and DOL Prospectus Disclosures for Company Stock Funds - LexisNexis Lexis Advisor Practice Notes, November 2018
• Best Practices Arising from the DOL Fiduciary Rule – Investment & Wealth Monitor, September/October 2017
• Tax Credits for Professional Employer Organizations – Speaker at the National Association of Professional Employer Organization’s 2017 PEO Capitol Summit in Arlington VA, May 8 – 11, 2017
• The New Section 409A and 457(f) Deferred Compensation Rules Demystified – Webinar for The Knowledge Group, May 3, 2017, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (ET)
• Some Standing Issues Under ERISA – Benefits Law Journal, Vol. 30, No. 1, Spring 2017
• Pro Bono Partnership Volunteer Recognition Event – Honored as a Founding Volunteer Attorney, April 19, 2017, Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY
• Expect More Varied ERISA Litigation in 2017 - Plan Adviser, December 22, 2016
• Experimental and Investigational Treatments and Procedures Under ERISA Group Health Plans – Benefits Law Journal, Vol. 29. No. 3, Autumn 2016
• Mastering New Section 409A and 457(f) Deferred Compensation Rules: Calculating and Reporting Includible Amounts - CPE/EA webinar for Strafford, August 23, 2016
• ERISA expert: Venue selection provisions in retirement plans a best practice - Benefits Pro, August 10, 2016
• Forum Selection Provisions in ERISA Plans - Benefits Law Journal, Volume 29 Number 2, Summer 2016
• Mental Illness Claims Under LTD Plans - Benefits Law Journal, Volume 27 Number 4, Winter 2014
• Challenges to Beneficiary Designations Under ERISA - Benefits Law Journal, Volume 27 Number 2, Summer 2014
• Application of the Laches Defense in Employee Benefit Context - Benefits Law Journal, Volume 26 Number 4, Winter 2013
• Substantial Compliance Under ERISA - Benefits Law Journal, Volume 25 Number 4, Winter 2012,
• Declaratory Judgment Act Under ERISA - Benefits Law Journal, Volume 24 Number 4, Winter 2011
• Slayer Statutes in the ERISA Context - Benefits Law Journal, Volume 23 Number 2, Summer 2010
• Equitable Tolling in the ERISA Context - Benefits Law Journal, Volume 22 Number 2, Summer 2009
• Author - Lexis Nexis Practice Advisor Practice Notes

Bar Admissions

• New York
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit