September 23, 2019 (NEW YORK) – Rob Projansky has been elected a fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (the College). The College seeks to advance the public’s understanding of employee benefits, while fostering a standard of excellence in the field. Membership into the College is limited to a select group of lawyers who have at least 20 years of experience and play a key role in developing their practice through various EBEC-related leadership activities and projects.
Rob has a broad practice advising both multiemployer and single employer clients on all issues related to the legal compliance and tax-qualification of ERISA-covered pension and welfare plans. Rob’s clients include high profile media and entertainment industry clients, as well as a broad range of Fortune 500 companies. He also co-heads the Health Care Reform Task Force and the Hiring & Terminations Practice Group.
Described in Chambers USA as "incredibly smart and creative, and a really effective, zealous advocate," Rob is a widely sought after speaker on topics related to employee benefits, fiduciary, cybersecurity and government investigations and speaks each year at the annual conference and various other conferences sponsored by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, the largest educational organization in the employee benefits industry, of which he is a member of the prestigious Professionals Committee.
Rob and his fellow inductees were recognized at the annual meeting on September 21 in Washington, DC.