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Mark Iwry joined the firm in 2004 as a member of the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Group. From 1995 to 2001, while serving as the Benefits Tax Counsel at the U.S. Treasury Department, he was the principal Executive Branch official directly responsible for tax policy and regulation relating to the Nation's tax-qualified pension and 401(k) plans, other employee benefits, and tax aspects of executive compensation. He also currently serves as a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Prior to his government service, Mr. Iwry was a partner in the law firm of Covington & Burling, concentrating in employee benefits and executive compensation. He has testified before various congressional committees, representing the Treasury and Executive Branch and, since leaving government, testifying as an independent expert. He has chaired the DC Bar Employee Benefits Committee, co-authored a volume on 401(k) plans, addressed over 200 professional, industry and other groups in the US and abroad, and serves on several panels of experts on pensions and on social security individual accounts. He frequently advises Members of Congress and congressional staff on both sides of the aisle, and his views are often solicited by and reported in the major media and trade press. While in government, Mr. Iwry initiated or orchestrated numerous significant improvements in the United States pension system and benefits law and regulation that are directly relevant to the firm's clients. He was widely recognized for his work with the business, financial, professional and nonprofit communities to expand coverage while simplifying and rationalizing the law. In 2001, he received the Secretary of the Treasury's Exceptional Service Award and a special award from the IRS "[i]n recognition of the collegial working relationship [he] fostered between [Treasury] and the IRS. . ., and of [his] many contributions to our nation's tax system." | 