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Bernard F. O'Hare focuses on Business, Employment Contracts, and Health Care.

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Bernard F. O'Hare primarily serves clients in New York, with an office at 1133 Avenue of the Americas.

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Bernard F. O'Hare has 45 years of legal practice, having been licensed since 1981.

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Bernard F. O'Hare

PartneratPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

New, NY

Practicing business in New York since 1981.

45+: Years practicing
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Bernard F. O'Hare is a partner based in New York, NY. The practice focuses on Business, Employment Contracts, and Health Care. Bernard has over 45 years of legal experience. Currently practicing at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. Rated 5.0 out of 5 from 2 client reviews.

Based in: New York, NY
Experience: over 45 years
Known for: Business · Employment Contracts · Health Care

Handles Business, Employment Contracts, and Health Care matters from New York, NY.
Over 45 years of practice as a licensed attorney.
Recognized with AV Preeminent.

Areas of practice

Practice focus

Bernard F. O'Hare represents clients in New York across the following areas of law. Each area links to other verified attorneys with the same focus.

Biography

About Bernard F. O'Hare

Bernard F. O'Hare is a lawyer practicing employee benefits and executive compensation, financial services, health care and 1 other area of law. Bernard received a A.B. degree from Georgetown University, and has been licensed for 45 years. Bernard practices at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP in New York, NY.

Credentials

Education

Fordham University School of Law
J.D. · 1980
Georgetown University A.B. Government Georgetown University A.B. magna cum laude
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Jurisdictions

Bar admissions

New York
1981 · ACTIVE

Recognition

Awards & honors

AV Preeminent

Affiliations

Professional memberships

Professional Activities HONORS: Recognized as a leading lawyer in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Employee Benefits Law and Named in Super Lawyers in the area of Employee Benefits/ERISA
2005-present) Named to the Irish Legal 100 (2013 · membership
The Irish Legal 100 is compiled annually by The Irish Voice newspaper, and recognizes the achievements of legal professionals with Irish heritage practicing in the United States
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American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, fellowship based upon demonstrating sustained commitment to promoting public awareness and understanding of employee benefits law
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Lecturer, American Bar Association, City Bar Association and Human Resources Association of New York, New York University School of Continuing Education Conference on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, including a speech on Qualified Transporta
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American Bar Association presentations on Section 401(k) Automatic Enrollments and Internal Revenue Code Automatic Rollovers, October 2000
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Los Angeles ABA Fall Benefits Meeting
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Chair of Legal Issues Presentation, Church Pensions Conference, Savannah, Georgia, 2000
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Speaker on Employee Benefit Requirements Pertaining to Returning Veterans, Pension Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 2001
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Presentation on EGTRRA Planning Opportunities, including catch-up contributions at the ABA Committee on Employee Benefits mid-winter conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2002
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Interviewed on CNN's Lou Dobbs Money/Line as an employee benefits commentator regarding Fiduciary obligations and black-out periods, February 2002
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Quoted in an April 23, 2003 Reuters news article American Airlines Looks to Repair Tarnished Image, regarding executive compensation matters and in a Dow Jones newswire story, WorldCom Ruling Seen Changing Section 401(k) Plans, regarding employer fiduciar
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Speaker at ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits and the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel's TeleConference, To Roth or Not: Recent Guidance on Roth 401(k) Arrangements, April 11, 2006
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Speaker along with Government representatives on an ABA Tax Section Panel on Emerging Fiduciary and other Title I Issues, Winter Meeting, January 2007
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Panel Speaker, Current Issues in the Design and Operation of Defined Contributions Plans, ABA Section of Taxation Committee on Employee Benefits, Fall Meeting, San Francisco
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Webinar Panelist, Current Hot Issues for 403(b) Plans, October 2008 Member: Professional Activities Memberships: Member, American Bar Association (Tax Section, Committee on Employee Benefits, Subcommittees on Fiduciary Responsibility and Qualified Cash an
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Past Vice-Chair, Chair, and Chair Emeritus, Subcommittee on Qualified Cash and Deferred Arrangements, 2001-2010)
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Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee on Employee Benefits
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Chair, Subcommittee on ERISA Section 404(c) Regulations, 1992-1995)
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fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, fellowship based upon demonstrating sustained commitment to promoting public awareness and understanding of employee benefits law
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Lecturer, American Bar Association, City Bar Association and Human Resources Association of New York, New York University School of Continuing Education Conference on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, including a speech on Qualified Transporta
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American Bar Association presentations on Section 401(k) Automatic Enrollments and Internal Revenue Code Automatic Rollovers, October 2000
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Los Angeles ABA Fall Benefits Meeting
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Chair of Legal Issues Presentation, Church Pensions Conference, Savannah, Georgia, 2000
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Speaker on Employee Benefit Requirements Pertaining to Returning Veterans, Pension Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 2001
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Presentation on EGTRRA Planning Opportunities, including catch-up contributions at the ABA Committee on Employee Benefits mid-winter conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2002
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Interviewed on CNN's Lou Dobbs Money/Line as an employee benefits commentator regarding Fiduciary obligations and black-out periods, February 2002
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Quoted in an April 23, 2003 Reuters news article American Airlines Looks to Repair Tarnished Image, regarding executive compensation matters and in a Dow Jones newswire story, WorldCom Ruling Seen Changing Section 401(k) Plans, regarding employer fiduciar
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Speaker at ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits and the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel's TeleConference, To Roth or Not: Recent Guidance on Roth 401(k) Arrangements, April 11, 2006
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Speaker along with Government representatives on an ABA Tax Section Panel on Emerging Fiduciary and other Title I Issues, Winter Meeting, January 2007
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Panel Speaker, Current Issues in the Design and Operation of Defined Contributions Plans, ABA Section of Taxation Committee on Employee Benefits, Fall Meeting, San Francisco
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Webinar Panelist, Current Hot Issues for 403(b) Plans, October 2008 Fellow: American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, fellowship based upon demonstrating sustained commitment to promoting public awareness and understanding of employee benefits law
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Lecturer, American Bar Association, City Bar Association and Human Resources Association of New York, New York University School of Continuing Education Conference on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, including a speech on Qualified Transporta
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American Bar Association presentations on Section 401(k) Automatic Enrollments and Internal Revenue Code Automatic Rollovers, October 2000
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Los Angeles ABA Fall Benefits Meeting
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Chair of Legal Issues Presentation, Church Pensions Conference, Savannah, Georgia, 2000
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Speaker on Employee Benefit Requirements Pertaining to Returning Veterans, Pension Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 2001
bar_fellowship
Presentation on EGTRRA Planning Opportunities, including catch-up contributions at the ABA Committee on Employee Benefits mid-winter conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2002
bar_fellowship
Interviewed on CNN's Lou Dobbs Money/Line as an employee benefits commentator regarding Fiduciary obligations and black-out periods, February 2002
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Quoted in an April 23, 2003 Reuters news article American Airlines Looks to Repair Tarnished Image, regarding executive compensation matters and in a Dow Jones newswire story, WorldCom Ruling Seen Changing Section 401(k) Plans, regarding employer fiduciar
bar_fellowship
Speaker at ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits and the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel's TeleConference, To Roth or Not: Recent Guidance on Roth 401(k) Arrangements, April 11, 2006
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Speaker along with Government representatives on an ABA Tax Section Panel on Emerging Fiduciary and other Title I Issues, Winter Meeting, January 2007
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Panel Speaker, Current Issues in the Design and Operation of Defined Contributions Plans, ABA Section of Taxation Committee on Employee Benefits, Fall Meeting, San Francisco
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Webinar Panelist, Current Hot Issues for 403(b) Plans, October 2008 Member: Professional Activities MEMBERSHIPS: Member, American Bar Association (Tax Section, Committee on Employee Benefits, Subcommittees on Fiduciary Responsibility and Qualified Cash an
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Past Vice-Chair, Chair, and Chair Emeritus, Subcommittee on Qualified Cash and Deferred Arrangements, 2001-2010)
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Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee on Employee Benefits
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Chair, Subcommittee on ERISA Section 404(c) Regulations, 1992-1995)
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fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, fellowship based upon demonstrating sustained commitment to promoting public awareness and understanding of employee benefits law
bar_fellowship
Lecturer, American Bar Association, City Bar Association and Human Resources Association of New York, New York University School of Continuing Education Conference on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, including a speech on Qualified Transporta
bar_fellowship
American Bar Association presentations on Section 401(k) Automatic Enrollments and Internal Revenue Code Automatic Rollovers, October 2000
bar_fellowship
Los Angeles ABA Fall Benefits Meeting
bar_fellowship
Chair of Legal Issues Presentation, Church Pensions Conference, Savannah, Georgia, 2000
bar_fellowship
Speaker on Employee Benefit Requirements Pertaining to Returning Veterans, Pension Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 2001
bar_fellowship
Presentation on EGTRRA Planning Opportunities, including catch-up contributions at the ABA Committee on Employee Benefits mid-winter conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2002
bar_fellowship
Interviewed on CNN's Lou Dobbs Money/Line as an employee benefits commentator regarding Fiduciary obligations and black-out periods, February 2002
bar_fellowship
Quoted in an April 23, 2003 Reuters news article American Airlines Looks to Repair Tarnished Image, regarding executive compensation matters and in a Dow Jones newswire story, WorldCom Ruling Seen Changing Section 401(k) Plans, regarding employer fiduciar
bar_fellowship
Speaker at ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits and the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel's TeleConference, To Roth or Not: Recent Guidance on Roth 401(k) Arrangements, April 11, 2006
bar_fellowship
Speaker along with Government representatives on an ABA Tax Section Panel on Emerging Fiduciary and other Title I Issues, Winter Meeting, January 2007
bar_fellowship
Panel Speaker, Current Issues in the Design and Operation of Defined Contributions Plans, ABA Section of Taxation Committee on Employee Benefits, Fall Meeting, San Francisco
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Webinar Panelist, Current Hot Issues for 403(b) Plans, October 2008 Fellow: American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, fellowship based upon demonstrating sustained commitment to promoting public awareness and understanding of employee benefits law
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Lecturer, American Bar Association, City Bar Association and Human Resources Association of New York, New York University School of Continuing Education Conference on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, including a speech on Qualified Transporta
bar_fellowship
American Bar Association presentations on Section 401(k) Automatic Enrollments and Internal Revenue Code Automatic Rollovers, October 2000
bar_fellowship
Los Angeles ABA Fall Benefits Meeting
bar_fellowship
Chair of Legal Issues Presentation, Church Pensions Conference, Savannah, Georgia, 2000
bar_fellowship
Speaker on Employee Benefit Requirements Pertaining to Returning Veterans, Pension Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 2001
bar_fellowship
Presentation on EGTRRA Planning Opportunities, including catch-up contributions at the ABA Committee on Employee Benefits mid-winter conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2002
bar_fellowship
Interviewed on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Money/Line" as an employee benefits commentator regarding Fiduciary obligations and "black-out" periods, February 2002
bar_fellowship
Quoted in an April 23, 2003 Reuters news article "American Airlines Looks to Repair Tarnished Image," regarding executive compensation matters and in a Dow Jones newswire story, "WorldCom Ruling Seen Changing Section 401(k) Plans," regarding employer fidu
bar_fellowship
Speaker at ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits and the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel's TeleConference, "To Roth or Not: Recent Guidance on Roth 401(k) Arrangements," April 11, 2006
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Speaker along with Government representatives on an ABA Tax Section Panel on Emerging Fiduciary and other Title I Issues, Winter Meeting, January 2007
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Panel Speaker, "Current Issues in the Design and Operation of Defined Contributions Plans," ABA Section of Taxation Committee on Employee Benefits, Fall Meeting, San Francisco
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Webinar Panelist, Current "Hot" Issues for 403(b) Plans, October 2008 Publications Quoted: "Defined Contributions Plans Speakers Address Defined Contribution Issues On Annuities in 401(k) Plans, Waived RMDs," Pension & Benefits Daily (May 11, 2009) Author
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"The Effects of the 401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act of 2009 on Employers Sponsoring Defined Contribution Plans: 'Enhanced Communications to Participants or More Compliance Pitfalls?'" Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal (February
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"Effects of the 401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act," New York Law Journal (October 20, 2009)
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"Met Life and LaRue's Impact on Benefit Plan Determinations: More Clarity on More Court Time for Employers?" Journal of Compensation and Benefits (November/December 2008), "DOL Proposed Regulations Regarding Service Provider Disclosures: A New and Improve
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"Ask and Tell: Regulators Advise Plan Fiduciaries on Plan Consultant Fees," BNA Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal (December 2005)
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"Killing the Golden Goose: Proposed Nonqualified Reforms Would Greatly Impact Executive Deferred Compensation," Journal of Compensation and Benefits (January/February 2004)
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"The Role of the Independent Fiduciary in ERISA Conflict Situations" BNA ERISA Compliance and Enforcement Library (February 2003)
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"Caution: Severance Plans May Be Chocked Full of Liabilities," New York Law Journal (July 24, 2003)
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"Know the Ins and Outs of USERRA," Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report (January 2002)
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"The Impact of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001," Journal of Compensation and Benefits (September-October 2001)
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"Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans and Tax-Exempt Entities," Journal of Compensation and Benefits (May-June 2001)
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"New IRS Revenue Ruling Relaxes Some Desk Rule for 401(k) Distributions," The New York Law Journal and The Corporate Counsellor (January 2001)
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"New Accounting Rules for Employee Stock Options," Journal of Compensation and Benefits (July-August 1999)
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"Plan Administrators be Advised: Treatment of Severance Pay as Plan "Compensation" Raises Complex Issues," Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal (June 1998)
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"New IRS 401(k) Guidance Provides Increased Flexibility, More Issues for Employers and Plan Administrators," Journal of Compensation and Benefits (May/June 1998)
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"IRS Guidance on Minimum Distribution Permits Employers Greater Discretion," New York Law Journal (May 1998)
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"The Application of the Same Desk Rule to Section 401(k) Distributions," Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal (January 1998)
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"To Forgive May Be Human After All: New IRS Program Encourages Self-Correction," Journal of Compensation and Benefits (May/June 1997)
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"New Requirements for Group Health Plans," New York Law Journal (June 2, 1997)
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"Benefits Practitioners Take Warning: Contributions of Unused Vacation Pay to Employee Benefit Plans Raise Complex Issues," Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal (March 1997)
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"IRS Issues New Guidance Regarding Plan Loans," Journal of Compensation and Benefits (May/June 1996)
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"Pension Plans for Outside Directors: A Valuable Benefit or an Outmoded Dinosaur?" Directorship Significant Issues Facing Directors (1996)
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"Coping with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act," Journal of Compensation and Benefits (January-February 1996)
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"Economically Targeted Investments Remain Rare," New York Law Journal (May 15, 1995)
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"IRS Announces Audit Program for &set
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403(b) Arrangements Maintained by Tax-exempt Institutions," Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal (October 1994)
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"Keeping Secrets About Early Retirement Programs May Result in ERISA Liability," Journal of Compensation and Benefits (September-October 1994)
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"Corporate Tax Changes: A Closer Look The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1994," Business Credit (April 1994)
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"The Clinton Health Care Proposal: An Overview" 501(c)(3) Monthly Letter (February 1994)
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"Health Care Reform: What the Director Should Know - Reform and the Large Corporation," Directorship Significant Issues Facing Directors (1994)
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"Employer Contributions Based on Age and Service: A 401(a)(4) Analysis," Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal (December 1993)
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"QDRO Procedures and 'Holds' on Participants Accounts," BNA Weekly Report (July 1993)
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"Pension Funds and Investment Partnerships - Caveat Emptor Or A Match Made In Heaven?" Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal (February 1993)
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"A Trap for the Unwary: Employer Liabilities in Selecting Annuity Providers," BNA Weekly Report (December 1992)
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"Early Retirement Windows and Testing under 401(a)(4) Regulations," BNA Tax Management Weekly Report (May 1992)
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Main office

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

1133 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036-6710

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What areas of law does Bernard F. O'Hare practice?
Bernard F. O'Hare focuses on Business, Employment Contracts, and Health Care.
Where is Bernard F. O'Hare located?
Bernard F. O'Hare primarily serves clients in New York, with an office at 1133 Avenue of the Americas.
How experienced is Bernard F. O'Hare?
Bernard F. O'Hare has 45 years of legal practice, having been licensed since 1981.
Is Bernard F. O'Hare a verified attorney?
Bernard F. O'Hare's profile is listed but has not yet been claimed by the attorney. Verification status is pending.
How can I schedule a consultation with Bernard F. O'Hare?
You can book a consultation through LawyersListed directly from this page. Initial outreach can also be made by phone at 332-529-6938.