Ilene Ferenczy J.D., APA, CPC

Ilene H. Ferenczy advises clients on all types of employee benefit plans, particularly focusing on qualified retirement plans and benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions as well as advising third-party administrators of employee benefit programs on technical and practice issues. Having become an attorney after more than ten years as a third-party administrator, she brings a unique and practical approach to her advice. Ferenczy is a nationally known speaker on benefits issues and has authored more than 100 articles for a variety of publications, including the Journal of Pension Benefits (where she is the co-editor-in-chief). Her book Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions is now in its 20th edition. She has authored three textbooks on defined contribution plans and is currently the author of the Qualified Plans module of ERISApedia.com and the co-author of ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide and The Plan Correction eSource. Ferenczy frequently advocates to the Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service on behalf of plans and their sponsors. She is a fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, the highest honor awarded to ERISA lawyers. Her extensive benefits experience and national reputation have qualified her to give testimony as an expert witness in ERISA litigation. Ferenczy is the 2017 recipient of NIPA’s Excellence in Education Award and the 2007 recipient of ASPPA’s Educator of the Year Award.