Current

Associate Director of the graduate Employee Benefits programs, and Adjunct
     Professor of Law
The Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits at The John Marshall Law
     School, Chicago, Illinois
July 2001 to present

The John Marshall Law School offers the nation's first and only Master of Laws (LL.M.) program in Employee Benefits for attorneys and a Master of Science (M.S.) program in Employee Benefits for non-attorneys. In addition to assisting the Center Director with her ministerial duties, Barry is an integral part of the planning of specialized programs, seminars and symposiums offered to students and of the legal outreach offered to the outside benefits community. As an adjunct professor, Barry teaches employee benefits and federal income tax classes, as well as other areas of the law of interest, and he represents the Center in various capacities, including faculty coach for inter-scholastic moot court competitions and other important John Marshall functions.

Previous

Technical Education Consultant
The Pension Education and Research Foundation at The University of
     Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
June 2005 to June 2006

The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries maintains an Education and Examination program, which is integral to its mission. As a Consultant, Barry developed all academic program material and provided other services for the QPFC-2 examination, which is part of the Qualified Plan Financial Consultant (QPFC) professional designation. Program materials include publications and other reading matter, examinations to validate the study of the material, and course syllabi. Other service activities include process modification, candidate responses, exam grading and analysis, and training, and other services ASPPA might require from time to time.

Technical Assistant
Donald P. Delves, President of The Delves Group
May 2005 to November 2005

Donald Delves was asked to be the lead author for a CCH publication, “Accounting for Compensation Arrangements (2006).” The main emphasis for the new edition were the rules for accounting of stock options under FAS 123R. I assisted Don and other technical assistants in understanding the new rules, detailing the unresolved issues, and writing the first drafts of several of the chapters.

Legal Consultant
Chicago Consulting Actuaries, LLC, Chicago, Illinois (now JP Morgan Retirement Plan Services)
September 2001 to May 2005

Barry served as an actuarial, legal and tax consultant on special projects, as needed. Primary responsibilities included assisting the Chief Actuary in developing client bulletins, helping the actuarial staff understand the legal parameters within which they must exercise their professional responsibilities, keeping the office informed of legislative agendas and litigation trends, and researching specific issues as they arose. Helped to organize the agenda for the firm’s weekly information and discussion meetings.

Attorney
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
May 2000 to September 2001

Barry was an Associate in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group. For existing firm clients, I was responsible for ensuring that their existing benefit plans complied with federal and state laws and that they continued to meet all business goals of the sponsoring employer. Was also responsible for ensuring compliance during corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.

Employee Benefits Law Clerk
Laner Muchin Dombrow Becker Levin Tominberg, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois
September 1998 to May 2000

Researched for all aspects of drafting, consulting and litigating pension and welfare benefits and related tax and labor issues.

Summer Intern
State Private Funds Supervision, Budapest, Hungary
July 1998

As Barry studied abroad in Budapest while a law student, he helped the regulatory agency of the Republic of Hungary analyze and predict problems inherent in their 1997 national pension and social security reform program by assisting them in understanding the American system.

Legal Research Assistant
John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
September 1996 to December 1999

Assisted the Director of the graduate Employee Benefits program in preparing her articles, speeches and texts.

Federal Income Tax Clerk
Gilson Labus and Silverman CPAs, Chicago, Illinois
September 1997 to May 2000

During tax season, helped prepare income tax returns for their individual and corporate clients, and in the off-season, assisted in tax, employee benefits and estate planning projects.

Legal Research Assistant
Schiller Ducanato & Fleck, Chicago, Illinois
September 1997 to February 1998

Researched for a chapter of an Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (I.I.C.L.E.) text entitled "Tax Aspects of Divorce."

Senior Administrative Manager and Actuary
Consulting Actuaries International, Inc., New York, New York
     (now CAI Benefits, New York, New York)
November 1994 to May 1996

Barry supervised a team of 4 actuarial administrators on the implementation, servicing and termination of approximately 150 defined benefit plans. Barry performed annual actuarial valuations and consulted with and performed studies for his clients as needed.

Director of Actuarial Services
Belcor Pension Consultants, New York, New York
May 1993 to April 1994

Barry was responsible for work flow of administrative staff, for setting the general office policies pursuant to federal law changes and regulatory promulgations, and for preserving client relationships. All work was reviewed by an outside consulting Enrolled Actuary.

Retirement Plan Consultant
Pay Plans Corp., New York, New York
August 1990 to April 1993

I performed annual actuarial valuations for defined benefit plans and consulted with clients on their retirement programs. Since the business owner was a life insurance agent, I gained valuable experience in the insurance and estate planning aspects of retirement plans and IRAs. All work was reviewed by an outside consulting Enrolled Actuary.

Senior Administrator
The Ibex Group, New York, New York
November 1988 to July 1990

Barry specialized in and taught others the funding issues and the annual coverage testing necessary for large defined benefit plans.

Pension Administrator
Improved Funding Techniques, Inc., Lynbrook, New York
June 1987 to May 1988

Started working as part of their actuarial trainee program for math graduates with no prior experience.

Summer Intern
Pathology Department of the State University of Stony Brook Hospital,
     Stony Brook, New York
June 1982 to July 1982

Barry won a high school science internship, and spent the summer assisting the doctors in the pathology and hystology labs perform autopsies and analyze the results.