John B. Tuffnell - Milwaukee, WI

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, 1995
    J.D.
    Honors: With Honors

• Non Legal Education

  • Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1990
    B.S.
    Major: Political Science
    Major: American History

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder, since 2003

Past Positions

• Nyemaster Law Firm, Attorney, 1996 - 2002

Classes and Seminars

• High Resolution: Employee Benefits Litigation Case Law Update, presenter, WHD Milwaukee Annual Human Resources Law Conference , December 4, 2012 - Present
  
• ERISA Refresher and Case Law Update, presenter, Wisconsin State Bar 8th Annual Employer Benefits Update, September 12, 2012 - Present
  
• Supreme Court Health Reform Debriefing: Where Do We Go From Here?, presenter, WHD Health Care Team Seminar, September 12, 2012 - Present
  
• Last Fiduciary Standing: Minimizing the Individual Risk of Serving as a Fiduciary on Your Company's Benefit Plan Committee, presenter, WHD Milwaukee Annual Human Resources Law Conference, October 25, 2011 - Present
  
• New Developments for Defined Contribution Retirement Plans, presenter, Wisconsin State Bar 7th Annual Employee Benefits Update , September 7, 2011 - Present
  
• ERISA Fiduciary Liability Case Law Examples From the Seventh Circuit, presenter, An Update on Employer Retirement Plan Fiduciary Responsibilities, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek Joint Fiduciary Seminar , August 18, 2011 - Present
  
• ERISA Fiduciary Liability Case Law Examples From the Seventh Circuit, presenter, An Update on Employer Retirement Plan Fiduciary Responsibilities, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek Joint Fiduciary Seminar , May 4, 2011 - Present
  
• Recouping “Usual, Customary and Reasonable” Reductions to Billed Charges, Wisconsin State Bar's 2009 Health Law Update, September 9, 2009 - Present

Bar Admissions

• Iowa, 1996
• Wisconsin, 2003

Other Affiliations

• Defense Research Institute; Life, Health and Disability Committee (Member)
• Wisconsin Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association, Litigation, Pretrial Practice and Insurance Law subsections (Member)
• American Health Lawyers Association (Member)