Ira Goldman advises employers, as well as institutional trustees and service providers, in designing and administering qualified and non-qualified pension, savings, retirement and welfare plans, as well as executive deferred compensation arrangements. He also represents creditors and debtors in workout and bankruptcy proceedings. He has particular experience in representing fiduciaries for public debt in Chapter 11 proceedings.

A frequent speaker, Ira often addresses professional groups on issues of employee benefits law and commercial and bankruptcy law. He has also written A Poet’s Guide to Employee Benefits Jargon.

Ira Goldman advises employers, as well as institutional trustees and service providers, in designing and administering qualified and non-qualified pension, savings, retirement and welfare plans, as well as executive deferred compensation arrangements. He also represents creditors and debtors in workout and bankruptcy proceedings. He has particular experience in representing fiduciaries for public debt in Chapter 11 proceedings.

A frequent speaker, Ira often addresses professional groups on issues of employee benefits law and commercial and bankruptcy law. He has also written A Poet’s Guide to Employee Benefits Jargon.

EDUCATION

Yale Law School, J.D., 1972

Cornell University, B.A., 1968

Bar Admissions

Connecticut

Court Admissions

United States District Court District of Connecticut

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States Tax Court

Distinctions

*AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

*2008 Best Lawyers in America®: Employee Benefits Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

*2009 Best Lawyers in America®: Employee Benefits Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

*Listed as a 2008 Connecticut Super Lawyer®: Employee Benefits/ERISA

*Listed as a 2009 Connecticut Super Lawyer®: Employee Benefits/ERISA

Teaching Positions

* University of Connecticut Law School: Adjunct Professor, Employee Benefits Law (1987- )

Professional Affiliations

* Connecticut Bar Association

* Connecticut Bankruptcy Judge Merit Selection Panel (1994)