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Peter M. Rosene is a partner of the law firm Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt. He has served as primary attorney for many of the firm’s multiemployer fringe benefit fund clients. Mr. Rosene specializes in all aspects of ERISA pension and health plan compliance, and has 30 years of multiemployer benefit experience. Mr. Rosene graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison with a B.S. degree in 1977; and from William Mitchell College of Law with a J.D. degree in 1981. He is licensed to practice in the State of Minnesota, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Mr. Rosene is a member of the Federal, Minnesota State and Ramsey County Bar Associations and has served for 16 years as a member of the Ramsey County Bar’s Ethics Committee. Mr. Rosene serves on the Professionals Committee of the IFEBP.
His current practice focus is representing trustees/fiduciaries in employee benefit plan matters regulated by federal law. He advises on all aspects of federal fiduciary law, including investment contracts and investment monitoring for approximately $1 billion in plan assets, all aspects of federal health care compliance, pension plan design/compliance issues and vendor contracting.
In four cases in the last several years, the United States District Court has appointed Mr. Rosene as an Independent Fiduciary on nomination by the United States Department of Labor, to assume the role of fiduciary for distressed or abandoned employee benefit plans under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Labor.
Mr. Rosene has been extensively involved in the creation and operation of a health fair for fund participants in Taft-Hartley health plans. The 2010 fair has achieved participation of approximately 5,000 individuals, making it the largest union family event in the nation.
Mr. Rosene is a frequent national speaker on employee benefit and fiduciary law topics, primarily with the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Examples of his presentations are as follows:
- 2001 – International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Construction Industry Benefits Institute in Hershey, PA. Topics: Prefunding Retiree Health Benefits and Plan Mergers.
- 2001 – International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA. Topic: Prefunding Retiree Health Benefits.
- 2002 – International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Annual Conference in Toronto, ON. Topics: Prefunding Retiree Health Benefits and Health Plan Mergers.
- 2002 – International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Retiree Institute in Bal Harbour, FL. Topic: The Future of Retirees in Multiemployer Plans.
- 2003 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Annual Conference in San Diego, CA. Topics: Health Reimbursement Arrangements and Solutions for Your Health Care Fund.
- 2003 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Collection Procedures Institute in Hollywood, FL. Topics: Are You Running the Fund Correctly? and Whose Job is it Anyway?
- 2003 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Construction Industry Benefits Institute in Las Vegas, NV. Topic: Pre-Funding Retiree Health Care.
- 2004 - Minnesota State Bar Association - 24th Annual Advanced Employee Benefits Workshop in Minneapolis, MN Topic: Multiemployer Plans.
- 2004 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Trustees and Administrators Institutes in Orlando, FL and Lake Tahoe, NV. Topics: Can Your Fund Afford Retiree Health Care? and Drafting Fund Policy Statements.
- 2004 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA. Topic: Best Practices in Meeting the Challenges of Retiree Health Care.
- 2005 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Faculty and Planning Committee for 2005 Construction and Collections Institute in Las Vegas, NV.
- 2005 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Construction Institute in Las Vegas, NV. Topics: All About Arbitration and Benefit Plan Mergers.
- 2005 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Collections Institute. Topic: Fiduciary Aspects of Collections.
- 2005 – International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Annual Conference in Honolulu, HI. Topics: Retiree Health Care, All About Arbitration and COBRA: The Evolving Law.
- 2006 - International Brotherhood of Teamsters Annual Trustee Educational Conference, Detroit, MI. Topic: Health Plans of the Future/HRA Utilization.
- 2006 - Operating Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association, East Coast and West Coast Business Managers Meetings, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Topic: Health Reimbursement Accounts in a Taft-Hartley Environment.
- 2006 - International Brotherhood of Teamsters Public Employees and Graphic Communications Conference combined annual meetings; St. Petersburg Beach, FL. Topic: Health Reimbursement Accounts for Teamster Funds.
- 2006 - International Brotherhood of Teamsters, North American Newspaper Conference, San Francisco, CA. Topic: Health Reimbursement Arrangements for Taft Hartley Groups.
- 2006 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Health Care Management Institute in San Diego, CA Topic: Consumer Directed Health Plans.
- 2006 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans – Benefit Professionals Institute in Chicago, IL Topic: Underfunded Pension Plans.
- 2006 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans – Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Topics: Fiduciary Issues in Health & Welfare Funds & Representing an Underfunded Defined Benefit Pension Fund.
- 2007- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans- Advanced Trustee Institute in Orlando, FL. and Las Vegas, NV. Topic: Transitioning your Health Plan from the Past to the Future.
- 2007 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans- Construction Institute in Phoenix, AZ-Transitioning your Health Plan from the Past to the Future.
- 2007 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans- Collections Institute in Phoenix, AZ. Topic: Your Fiduciary Obligations.
- 2007 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans- Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA. Topic: Transitioning your Health Plan from the Past to the Future.
- 2007 - Ramsey County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education. Topic: Private Employee Benefit Plans.
- 2008 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans- Essentials of Multi Employer Plans (Pensions) in Brookfield, WI.
- 2008 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans- Health Care Management Conference. Topic: Retiree Issues and fiduciary issues in Health Plans.
- 2008 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans-Annual Meeting. Topic: Retiree issues and update.
- 2009 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans- Construction Institute. Topics: Comparative Radiology in Health Plan Design and Fiduciary Insurance Issue.
- 2009- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans-Collections Procedures Institute. Topic: Your Fiduciary Duties
- 2009 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. Topic: Retiree Issues.
- 2010- International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Trustees and Administrators Institute, Orlando, FL. Topics: Understanding Information from your Plan Professionals and a Trustees Two Hat Dilemma.
- 2010 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans- Health Care Costs Management Institute. Topic: Value Based Health Plan Designs.
- 2010 - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Planning Committee for Collections Procedures Institute.
- 2011- International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans-Trustees and Administrators Institutes in Orlando, FL and Las Vegas, NV. Topics: Retiree Health Care: An Outlook and Value Based Health Care Plan Design.
- 2011 - International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans- Collections and Construction Institutes: White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Topics: Pros and Cons of Plan Mergers and How and When to Settle a Lawsuit.
- 2011 - International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA. Topics: Value Based Health Care Design and Examining Professional Boundaries. Also, taught New Trustees Institute Fiduciary Responsibility section as part of the pre-conference program.
- 2011 - Webinar for Aon/Hewitt training new associates in Value Based Health Care Design.
- 2012 - International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans Trustees and Administrators Institute in Orlando FL and San Francisco, CA. Topics: Professional Boundaries and Value Based Health Care Design.
- 2012 - International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans Essential of Multiemployer Plans Program, Brookfield, WI. Pete continues as faculty for full day of pension plan design training for incoming plan professionals.
- 2012 - International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans Health Care Cost Management Symposium, Savannah, GA. Participated in panels and discussions regarding value based health care design, allocation of health care resources and prescription benefits.
Mr. Rosene teaches the pension design segment of the Essentials of Multiemployer Plans at the IFEBP headquarters each year.
Professional Certifications, Awards and Designations
- Rated "AV" (highest rating) by Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory
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