Bernard F. O'Hare

New York, NY

Bernard ("Brian") O'Hare is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, Committee on Employee Benefits, where he participated as Co-Chair and Chair of the Subcommittee on Section 401(k) plans for many years. Mr. O'Hare joined the New York City firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP in 1987 and has been a fellow of the ACEBC since 2002. Mr. O'Hare has particular experience representing large pension funds in regulatory and fiduciary matters before the IRS and the DOL and has obtained related IRS private letter rulings and DOL prohibited transaction exemptions. He has addressed compensation matters at both for-profit and tax-exempt entities and has provided extensive advice on plan investment vehicles. He has done multiple complex projects in the church plan area, including attention to plan investments and the impact of State law. Mr. O'Hare headed the task force on the ERISA 404(c) Participant Directed Account Regulations at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Employee Benefits. He has published numerous articles in the employee benefits field and has lectured at the ABA as well as the Human Resources Association of New York and the New York University School of Continuing Education.