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Patrick Sheerin is a member of Parker,
Brown, Macaulay & Sheerin. Patrick
came from the Boston office of Towers
Perrin where he was a senior consultant
and one of the leaders of the firm's Governance
and Compliance Advisory practice, a group
of attorneys and other benefits consultants
who provide technical support on complex
compliance issues. He primarily supported
the Southeast and New England regions
but was also a national resource for all
compliance related activities. He was
also responsible for development of intellectual
capital for the practice.
With more than twenty years of legal
and consulting experience in the employee
benefits field, Patrick is responsible
for assisting clients with managing operational
and fiduciary risks associated with their
defined contribution and defined benefit
retirement plans and executive benefit
plans. He consults with clients on plan
design, implementation, and administration
and provides technical and strategic support
to both clients and colleagues on all
aspects of Internal Revenue Code and ERISA
compliance issues. Patrick is also responsible
for educating clients on emerging legal
issues, benefit trends and overseeing
compliance-related activities, such as
governance, document drafting, government
filings, nondiscrimination testing, operational
compliance reviews, and merger and acquisition
due diligence and benefit integration.
Patrick serves as the chairperson for
the City of Newport, Rhode Island Trust
& Investment Commission which oversees
investment of the city's pensions, retiree
medical and other trust assets.
Patrick has lectured for various professional
benefits organizations in the New England
area including the International Society
of Certified Employee Benefits Specialists,
the New England Employee Benefits Council
(NEEBC), and the Actuaries Club of Boston.
He is a member of the New England Employee
Benefits Council and the Rhode Island
Bar Association.
Education
Fairfield University: Bachelors of Science
degree in Mathematics, 1985
New England School of Law: Juris Doctorate,
1992
Bar Admissions
Massachusetts and Rhode Island
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