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 BARRY L. SALKIN
Of Counsel / New York
Mr. Salkin's practice concentrates in diversified employee benefits, compensation, ERISA, tax-qualified plans and welfare plans. He has extensive experience in all aspects of retirement and benefit planning, including the design and implementation of retirement plans and executive compensation programs, the use of plan assets to make investments, the design of health and welfare programs, the restructuring and funding of retiree medical benefits, and ERISA litigation, as well as the many benefit issues that can arise in bankruptcies, mergers, and acquisitions.
Mr. Salkin's publications have appeared in The Journal of Pension Planning and Compliance, The Journal of Deferred Compensation, The Journal of Taxation of Investments, the New York State Bar Journal, and the PEO Insider. He is the author and co-author of a number of NAPEO Legal Reviews. He has spoken to not-for-profit entities regarding HIPAA privacy, and to the Chicago Bar Association on fiduciary issues under the Pension Protection Act of 2006. In addition Mr. Salkin was selected in 2006 as a fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.
Mr. Salkin received a B.A., summa cum laude, from Rutgers University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in American History from Harvard University. He received a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
Prior to joining Olshan, Mr. Salkin was a senior attorney in the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation group in the New York office of Winston & Strawn LLP.
Mr. Salkin was named to the 2011 New York Super Lawyers list, a Thomson Reuters lawyer rating service.
BAR ADMISSIONS
1977, New York
1981, U.S. Tax Court
2003, U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
2004, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
MEMBER
Legal Advisory Council of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations
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J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1977
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1974
M.A., Harvard University, 1969
B.A., summa cum laude, Rutgers University, 1968
January 9, 2012
Olshan Client Acquired by National Financial Partners
October 11, 2011
Wolosky and Silverman Lead Sale of Ness Technologies
September 21, 2011
Sixteen Olshan Lawyers Selected by Super Lawyers®
June 10, 2011
Wolosky and Silverman Lead Ness Merger Team
April 25, 2011
Wolosky Leads Firebirds Sale
February 8, 2011
Wolosky and Schlesinger Handle Acquisition for BNS
January 19, 2011
Fleming Leads on Second Circuit ERISA Victory
October 22, 2010
Wolosky and Schlesinger Handle Pharmaceutical Deal
May 10, 2010
Schlesinger Represents Adaptec in Asset Sale
February 18, 2010
Fleming and Wong Win ERISA Claim for Client
January 2012
Co-Author, Client Alert, IRS Launches Voluntary Classification Settlement Program ("VCSP"), January 2012
April 2011
Co-Author, Client Alert, Importance of Maintaining an ERISA-Compliant Document Retention Policy
November 2010
Author, "Returning Military Employees," PEO Insider
Summer 2010
Author, "Slayer Statutes in the ERISA Context," Benefits Law Journal, Volume 23, Number 2
May 2010
Author, "ERISA Aspects of Interpleader," Journal of Pension Planning & Compliance
April 2010
Author, "When Acting as a TPA for ASO Clients, Watch Out For" and "What ASO Clients Are Looking For in a TPA," PEO Insider
Spring 2010
Author, "Restatement in the Courts: Judicial Reliance Upon Restatement Principles in ERISA Litigation," Journal of Deferred Compensation, Volume 15, Number 3
December 2009
Co-Author, Client Alert, COBRA Subsidy Duration and Eligibility Periods Extended
September 2009
Author, "Changes to Military Benefits," PEO Insider
Summer 2009
Author, "Equitable Tolling in the ERISA Context," Benefits Law Journal, Volume 22, No. 2
April 2009
Author, "State Tax Credit Provisions in Client Service Agreements," PEO Insider
May 2008
Author, "Nondiscrimination Testing Issues: Providing Different Benefits and Features to Employees of a Client Company Under 401(k) and Cafeteria Plans," PEO Insider
November 2007
Author, "The Impact of PEO Arrangements on Business Credits, Deductions, and Other Business Benefits," NAPEO Legal Review, (Volume 5, Issue 8)
September 2007
Author, "Deferred Compensation — Final Regs. are Highly Detailed (Part II)" Practical Tax Strategies
September 2007
Author, "Can Partners and 2 Percent Shareholders in S Corporations Participate in PEO 125 Plans?" PEO Insider
Summer 2007
Author, "Application of Choice of Law Provisions in an ERISA Plan," The Journal of Deferred Compensation (Aspen Publishers)
December 2002
Author, "Employee Benefit Plans," Chapter 14 of Start-Up & Emerging Companies: Planning, Financing & Operating the Successful Business (Law Journal Press)
September 2003
Author, "Incentive Stock Option: Proposed Regs Contain Subtle Changes," Practical Tax Strategies
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