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Deals & People May 26, 2011
RPAG Adds ERISA Specialist to Consulting Team
Jason Jeskey, a former practicing Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) attorney, has joined the Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG) as a Senior Plan Consultant and ERISA Specialist.
Reported by Nicole Bliman
In this position, Jeskey will be responsible for providing support to RPAG adviser-members seeking guidance on technical issues, legislative and regulatory matters, and other fiduciary concerns that arise while serving plan sponsor clients. He will report to Joel Shapiro, Vice President of ERISA Compliance, who is also a former practicing ERISA attorney.
Before joining RPAG, Jeskey was an associate attorney with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in its Las Vegas office. During his tenure with Brownstein, he represented various multiemployer Taft Hartley trust funds and governmental trusteed plans in employee benefit matters, including qualified and tax exempt retirement plans (both defined benefit and defined contribution plans). Prior to this, he practiced law with Willkie Farr & Gallagher in Washington D.C.
Jeskey earned his B.A. in mathematics from St. Mary’s College of Maryland; his JD from the University of Maryland; and his LL.M. in taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center