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100% Employee Benefits
32 years
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William's practice focuses on counseling sponsors, trustees and fiduciaries of institutional pension and health benefit plans in the priviate and public... more
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Résumé
License
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32 years since William H Song was first licensed to practice law.
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License status |
Year acquired |
Last updated by Avvo |
| Washington |
Active
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1979 |
01/31/2012 |
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Education
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| School |
Major |
Degree |
Graduated |
| University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Law |
JD - Juris Doctor |
1978 |
| Hamilton College |
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BA - English Literature, Phi Beta Kappa |
1974 |
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Awards
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| Award Name |
Granting Organization |
Date |
| Listed |
Best Lawyers in America |
2011 |
| Best Lawyers in Washington State |
Seattle Business Monthly |
2011 |
| Listed |
Best Lawyers in America |
2010 |
| Member of Board of Governors (2003-06) |
American College of Employee Benefits Counsel |
2003 |
| Elected as Fellow |
American College of Employee Benefits Counsel |
2001 |
| White House Delegate to National Summit on Retirement Policy |
The White House - President Clinton |
1998 |
| AV Rated |
Martindale-Hubbell |
1995 |
| Legal Advisor on health care reform and ERISA impact |
Washington Health Services Commission |
1994 |
| Legal Advisor on ERiSA Preemption |
Washingon Health Care Commission |
1992 |
| Member of ERISA Advisory Counsel to Secretary of Labor (1991-94) |
U.S. Secretary of Labor |
1991 |
| Chair of Committee on Economically Targeted Investments (1994) |
ERISA Advisory Counsel to U.S. Secretary of Labor |
1991 |
| Watson Fellowship |
Thomas J. Watson Foundation |
1974 |
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Associations
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Association Name |
Duration |
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American Bar Association, employee benefits sub-comiittee |
1982-present
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Portfolio
Cases
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Outcome: U.S. Supreme Court imposed ERISA fiduciary responsibiltiy.
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Speaking Engagements
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| Presentation Name |
Conference |
Date |
| Fiduciary Standards |
IFEBP Annual Conferrence |
1998 |
| Testifying on Fiduciary Conflicts of Interest in General Account Group Annuity Contracts |
U.S. Department of Labor |
1997 |
| Updating Fiduciary Standards for Governmental Plans |
IFEBP Annual Conference |
1996 |
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