Ann C. Bertino is a member of the firm’s employment practice group, focusing on employee benefits. Ann has over thirteen years of experience advising clients - including plan sponsors, plan trustees, fiduciaries and third-party administrators in the ERISA aspect of employee benefit programs. She has consulted on qualified defined benefit, savings, profit-sharing and money purchase plans; welfare benefits plans (e.g. medical, life, disability, educational assistance, and severance) as well as fringe benefit programs.

Academics
	Columbus School of Law of the Catholic University of America (J.D., 1992)
	Member, Law Review
	Chancellor, Moot Court
	First Place, John Fanning Labor Law Writing Competition
	Member, Catholic University Law Review
	Lafayette College (B.A., 1988)
	Founder, Lafayette College Chapter of Amnesty International, 1987
Admitted to Practice

	All Courts, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
	U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
	U.S. Supreme Court
	Federal District Court for the District of Columbia
	Eleventh Circuit, Western District, Illinois
Professional Experience
	Assist clients in plan design and documentation, all aspects of legal compliance and implementation of benefit programs, and analysis of legislation and regulations requiring changes to the employee benefit plans
	Represent clients faced with Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor audits
	Advise clients on voluntary corrections under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System and the Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program (DFVC)
	Obtain determination letters, private letter rulings, and exemptions from prohibited transaction rules
	Advise and assist clients with standard, distressed and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) initiated plan termination as well as compliance with PBGC reporting and disclosure requirements
	Litigate federal actions involving ERISA issues on behalf of employers and third-party administrators for breach of fiduciary duty
	Conduct compliance audits of employee benefit plans for plan sponsors to determine compliance with applicable law
	Counsel employers on benefit issues involved in employment agreements
	Conduct due diligence on pension and employee benefit programs prior to merger or acquisition

Publications
	1997 Supplement to ERISA Fiduciary Answer Book. (With David R. Levin and Tess J. Ferrera), Aspen Publishers, Inc.
	“Prudent Investment Can be Hazardous for Fiduciaries,” Journal of Taxation of Employee Benefits, Vol. 2, No. 5, January/February 1995. (With C. Frederick Reish and David Levin).
	“Attorneys Fees in ERISA Litigation – You have to Plan Ahead,” – with David Levin. Reich Luftman Reicher & Cohen, ERISA Controversy Report, March 1997
	“FMLA and 401(k) Plans,” Journal of Pension Benefits, Vol. 2/No. 3, Spring 1995 (Co-author)
	“Prudent Investment Can Be Hazardous for Fiduciaries,” Journal of Taxation of Employee Benefits, January/February 1995, Vol. 2/No. 5 (Co-author)
	“Only a Pension Plan Administrator Can Process The Termination of Defined Benefit Pension Plan,” Reish & Luftman ERISA Controversy Report, Vol. 5/No. 1, March 1995 (Co-author)
	“Beware: The Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege,” Reish & Luftman ERISA Controversy Report, Vol. 6/No. 1, February 1996 (Co-author)
	“Making the Case for Written Agreements,” Reish& Lutman ERISA Controversy Report, Vol. 6/No. 3, November 1996 (Co-Author)

Professional and Community Activities
	Member, Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
	Member, Allegheny County Bar Association
	Member, Bar of District of Columbia
	Co-Founder, Mid-Atlantic Chapter of National Institute of Pension Administrators; President, 1997