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Employment Labor Law 2009: LIVE Webcast
Aliya Wong
Director of Pension Policy
US Chamber of Commerce
Aliya Wong is the Director of Pension Policy at the United States Chamber of Commerce. Her primary responsibility is to develop, promote and publicize the Chamber’s policy on employer-provided retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation, and Social Security. Ms. Wong regularly meets with members of Congress, the Administration, and regulatory agencies to promote the Chamber’s retirement policy and represents the Chamber on the steering committee of several national coalitions. Most recently, Ms. Wong has led the Chamber’s efforts on comprehensive pension reform resulting in the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
Prior to joining the Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Wong was a practicing attorney specializing in ERISA and tax qualification matters related to pension, health and welfare plans, and executive compensation. Ms. Wong is the author of an internet article entitled, “Defined Benefit Plans in an Era of Phased Retirement,” through the Society of Actuaries. Ms. Wong is also the co-author of an amicus curiae brief filed with the United States Supreme Court in the matter of Egelhoff v. Egelhoff, 121 S. Ct. 1322 (2001) which was ruled upon favorably. Ms. Wong regularly gives presentations on legislative issues surrounding retirement policy for organizations including the American Bar Association, the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans and the North American Transportation Employee Relations Association.
Ms. Wong is admitted to the New York State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. She is also a member of the American Bar Association and the National Bar Association. Ms. Wong is a 1997 graduate of New York University School of Law where she also received a Master of Laws in Taxation. Ms. Wong received a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and African Studies from Yale University.
Daniel L. Hogans
Partner
Morgan Lewis
Mr. Hogans focuses his practice on handling a variety of benefits and compensation matters, including equity and incentive compensation plans, employment arrangements, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, ERISA, qualified retirement plans, and pension and profit-sharing plans. He also has an extensive background in matters involving ESOPs (and related S corporation issues) and general business counseling.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Hogans was an attorney advisor in the Office of Benefits Tax Counsel at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In this role, he served as an advisor to senior Treasury officials and Congressional staff on both legislative and regulatory matters relating to employee benefits and executive compensation. Mr. Hogans also served as the leading Treasury representative in the development of regulations and other guidance governing the federal tax treatment of equity and deferred compensation arrangements of corporations and partnerships, including regulations under section 409A. While at Treasury, Mr. Hogans was deeply involved in regulations and other guidance affecting ESOPs, including regulations governing ESOP interests in subchapter S Corporations. Before joining the Treasury Department, Mr. Hogans was in private practice for 10 years.
Mr. Hogans is an active speaker on employee benefits topics. He has presented at numerous conferences of professional and industry organizations, including events sponsored by the Association of Corporate Counsel, the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, the Practising Law Institute, the Bureau of National Affairs, the American Law Institute, the New York State Bar Association Tax Section, and the American Bar Association.
Mr. Hogans received his J.D. from the College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law in 1993. He received his M.S. in accounting from the University of Virginia in 1990 and his B.S. in accounting from George Mason University in 1989.
Mr. Hogans is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.
John N. Raudabaugh
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Mr. Raudabaugh represents senior management in complex labor relations law matters and related litigation. Mr. Raudabaugh counsels regarding union corporate campaigns; neutrality, card-check and internet union organizing tactics; employment policies; appropriate unit design; labor strategy considerations in corporate transactions; strikes and injunction proceedings; collective bargaining research, strategy, and negotiations; concessionary bargaining; representation case and unfair labor practice litigation before the U.S. National Labor Relations Board; labor considerations in bankruptcy proceedings; labor and employment issues and litigation regarding international trade treaty agreements; and federal and state labor and employment law policy. Mr. Raudabaugh partners with corporate Human Resources, Labor Relations, and Legal in providing specifically tailored law and economics advice and representation, as well as management and supervisory training.
Mr. Raudabaugh was nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate and served as a Member of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board from 1990-1993. During his term, Mr. Raudabaugh participated in over 4,000 federal labor law representation and unfair labor practice cases including Electromation, Inc., 309 NLRB 990 (1993) and E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., 311 NLRB 893 (1993) (employee participation programs);
Dubuque Packing Co., Inc., 303 NLRB 386 (1991) (duty to bargain plant relocations); The Nielsen Lithographing Co., 305 NLRB 697 (1991) (duty to provide information); Comtel Systems Technology, 305 NLRB 287 (1991) (multi-employer bargaining procedures); KI (USA) Corp., 309 NLRB 1063 (1992) (prejudicial union campaign tactics); Coastal Stevedoring Co., 313 NLRB 412 (1993) (international union secondary pressure tactics).
From 1995-2003, Mr. Raudabaugh assisted in representing the largest, non-union U.S. trucking company successfully defend against the largest union corporate campaign in U.S. labor history. The union organizing campaign involved 90 representation case petitions, 73 elections, 24 decertifications, 2 disclaimers of interest, 1,003 unfair labor practice charges, 206 bargaining sessions over 8 ½ years, a three year nationwide strike, and 21 state court injunctions.
Mr. Raudabaugh frequently advises policymakers regarding labor law and labor standards. He testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations regarding neutrality and card-check recognition agreements, represented the U.S. Department of Labor regarding comparative labor law issues implementing the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement, and assisted the U.S. Department of State in Eritrea reviewing and commenting on the draft Eritrean labor and employment law code. Mr. Raudabaugh regularly represents policymakers and trade associations in amici filings regarding significant labor law policy issues before the U.S. National Labor Relations Board.
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