Henry Rose

Obituary notice link: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/henry-rose-obituary?id=53629738

Served as Associate Solicitor for Legislation and Legal Counsel, Department of Labor, 1970-1974 and in that position was the chief draftsman of Titles I and IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) on behalf of the Labor Department; first General Counsel of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (1974-1984); argued and won the first ERISA case in the Supreme Court (Nachman Corporation v. PBGC, 446 U.S. 359 (1980)); argued and won Local 144 Nursing Home Pension Fund v. Demisay, 508 U.S. 581 (1993) which effectively reversed forty years of lower court caselaw which had applied section 302 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 broadly to certain employee benefit plans. Consultant to the Pension Rights Center; Consultant and/or expert witness in numerous litigations. Served as Chair of American Bar Association’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Co-Chair of Subcommittee on Plan Termination, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law and as Chair of Employee Benefits Committee, ABA Torts and Insurance Section.

Photo Source: The Decade Book, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel 2000-2010