Gwen J. Lourie

Proskauer LLP
Gwen Lourie is a Senior Employee Benefits Attorney at Proskauer Rose LLP, has been practicing employee benefits law for over 25 years. She is involved in all aspects of employee benefits law and represents every conceivable type of employee benefits plan, including defined benefit, defined contribution, annuity, 401(k), and various types of health and welfare plans. While Gwen represents both single employer and multiemployer plans, she specializes in representing Taft-Hartley multiemployer plans in the entertainment industry, particularly the theatre industry where she provides day-to-day legal advice to boards of trustees and plan administrators on all issues relating to a plan's operation and administration.  With the recent affirmation of the Affordable Care Act and the escalation of health care costs, Gwen has devoted a considerable amount of time to assisting plan sponsors and fiduciaries in addressing the impact of this law and the escalation of such costs on the health and welfare plans that she represents. In the pension arena, she has assisted fiduciaries of plans that have encountered difficulty in meeting ERISA's minimum funding standards.
 
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