Joint Declaration of Lynn L. Sarko and Marc I ... - Cohen Milstein
Joint Declaration of Lynn L. Sarko and Marc I ... - Cohen Milstein
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evaluating the fairness <strong>of</strong> both securities <strong>and</strong> ERISA class action settlements. This work is<br />
undertaken on an hourly fee for service basis at the firm’s posted hourly rates.<br />
135. Mr. Machiz joined the Plan Benefits Security Division <strong>of</strong> the U.S. Office <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Solicitor <strong>of</strong> Labor as a trial attorney in 1978, <strong>and</strong> (but for a two-year hiatus) practiced there until<br />
2000, ending his career as Associate Solicitor, heading the Division. As Associate Solicitor, Mr.<br />
Machiz was the DOL’s chief ERISA lawyer charged with responsibility for all enforcement<br />
litigation brought by the Secretary <strong>of</strong> Labor under ERISA <strong>and</strong> was responsible for all legal<br />
advice under the statute provided to the Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, which<br />
administers Title I <strong>of</strong> ERISA. Among his other initiatives, Mr. Machiz worked to institute the<br />
Department's innovative amicus program, which aggressively advocated the Department's views<br />
throughout the judicial system on a wide range <strong>of</strong> ERISA issues including the need to limit<br />
ERISA preemption <strong>of</strong> state worker <strong>and</strong> consumer protection laws <strong>and</strong> the need to strengthen<br />
participants’ rights <strong>and</strong> remedies under the Act.<br />
136. Mr. Machiz’s expertise in ERISA has been recognized by his colleagues in the<br />
ERISA bar, who made him a Charter Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American College <strong>of</strong> Employee Benefits<br />
Counsel. Mr. Machiz is a frequent speaker on ERISA issues for the ABA, ALI-ABAPLI, <strong>and</strong><br />
private seminars, <strong>and</strong> has served as plaintiffs’ co-chair <strong>of</strong> a subcommittee <strong>of</strong> the Employees<br />
Benefits Committee <strong>of</strong> the ABA's Labor Section. He is also a member <strong>of</strong> the BNA Pension <strong>and</strong><br />
Benefits Reporter Advisory Board <strong>and</strong> has authored several articles including: Underst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
DOL’s New Class Exemption for the Release <strong>of</strong> Claims <strong>and</strong> Extensions <strong>of</strong> Credit in Connection<br />
with Litigation, Pension & Benefits Reporter, Vol. 31, No. 2, Jan., 2004; <strong>and</strong> ESOPS, ERISA,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Employer Stock: A Litigator's Approach, ATLA Commercial Litigation Section Newsletter,<br />
Volume 7, Number 3 (Spring/Summer 2001).<br />
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