Association of American Law Schools
2001 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, January 3, 2001 - Saturday, January 6, 2001
San Francisco, California
Friday, January 5, 2001
4:00–5:45 p.m.

Continental Parlor 7
Hilton San Francisco and Towers
Ballroom Level

Section on Employee Benefits
Kathryn L. Moore, University of Kentucky, Chair

The Future of Private Pensions

Moderator:

Kathryn L. Moore, University of Kentucky

Speakers:
Jonathan Barry Forman, University of Oklahoma
Jeffrey G. Lewis, Esquire, Sigman, Lewis & Feinberg, PC, Oakland, California
Dana M. Muir, Associate Professor, University of Michigan Business School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Norman P. Stein, The University of Alabama

The private pension landscape, once dominated by defined benefit plans, has changed dramatically over the last fifteen to twenty years. The number of defined benefit plans has steadily declined while the number of defined contribution plans has substantially increased. Moreover, in recent years, many large employers have converted their defined benefit plans into hybrid cash balance plans. The panelists will discuss the reasons for these changes, the myriad issues they raise, and their implications for the future of private pensions.

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