Mr. Douglas Mark Selwyn

1980, Texas
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Community & Professional

State Bar of Texas

Houston Bar Association

Houston ERISA Industry Group

American Bar Association

Fifth Circuit Bar Association

of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel and Houston Bar Foundation and a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. Mr. Selwyn is also listed as a multi-year Texas Super Lawyer (Employee Benefits/ERISA). He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Fifth Circuit Bar Association, the Houston Bar Association, and the ERISA Industry Group of Houston. Mr. Selwyn has served on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston, Inc. since 1982 having been its Chairman in 1987 and has served as its Secretary since 1989; He also was one of the founding Directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Foundation and has served as its Secretary since its inception in 1987; Mr. Selwyn is also a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow.

Mr. Selwyn is a frequent lecturer on employee benefits issues including conferences sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Council on Employee Benefits, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Houston ERISA Industry Group, Houston Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association and various other national associations.

Memberships & Affiliations:

· Texas Bar Association

· Houston Bar Association

· Houston ERISA Industry Group

· American Bar Association

· Fifth Circuit Bar Association

Other Distinctions:

· Texas Super Lawyer - Employee Benefits/ERISA

· American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, Fellow

· American Jurisprudence Awards - Constitutional Law

· Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court, Master

· Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow

· Houston Bar Foundation, Life Fellow

· Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston, Inc. - Board of Directors, 1982-Present; Chairman (1987), Secretary 1989-Present

· Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Foundation - Founding member of the Board of Directors, 1987-Present; Secretary 1987-Present

· Houston Bar Association Founding Chairman of Fee Dispute Committee, 1987-1988

· Rotary International, Paul Harris Fellow 1985

· AV rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Seminars & Lectures:

· Impact of Health Care Reform on Health Care Plans in Texas, for the Mechanical Contractors Association of Texas 2011 Annual Conference, July 2011

· A Basic Approach to Key Terms and Concepts under Title I of ERISA for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, May 2011

· Collectively Bargained Plans, for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, May 2011

· Collection of Employer Contributions to Multiemployer Employee Benefit Plans, for the ERISA Litigation National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Co-Author, November 2010

· Introduction to Multiemployer Plans, for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, May 2010

· Introduction to Subrogation and Reimbursement, for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, May 2010

· Withdrawal Liability and Collections, the ERISA Litigation National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, November 2009

· A Basic Approach to Key Terms and Concepts under Title I of ERISA for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, June 2009

· Multiemployer Plans, for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, June 2009

· Transitioning to a New Third-Party Administrator, 54th Annual Employee Benefits Conference, sponsored by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, November 2008

· Withdrawal Liability and Collections, the ERISA Litigation National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, November 2008

· Special Topics in Welfare Litigation, for the ERISA Litigation National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, November 2008

· Reporting and Disclosure, for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, June 2008

· Multiemployer Plans, for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, June 2008

· The Pension Protection Act of 2006, sponsored by the Attorneys Annual Conference for the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, 2007

· What Every Business Lawyer Should Know About the Pension Protection Act of 2006, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Business Law Today series, 2007

· Fiduciary Responsibility sponsored by the American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee, 2006-2008

· Ethical Standards of Lawyer Conduct in Employee Benefits Practice, sponsored by the Houston ERISA Industry Group, 2002 and 2007

· Ethics, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee, 1994-2005

· Lawyer Ethics in Employee Benefits Law, sponsored by the Dallas Bar Association, 2001

Publications:

· "A Basic Approach to Key Terms and Concepts under Title I of ERISA" for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Co-Author, May 2011

· "Introduction to Multiemployer Plans," for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Co-Author, May 2011

· "Collection of Employer Contributions to Multiemployer Employee Benefit Plans," the ERISA Litigation National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Co-Author, November 2010

· "Introduction to Multiemployer Plans," for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Co-Author, May 2010

· "Introduction to Subrogation and Reimbursement," for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Co-Author, May 2010

· "Withdrawal Liability and Collections," the ERISA Litigation National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Co-Author, November 2009

· "A Basic Approach to Key Terms and Concepts under Title I of ERISA" for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Co-Author, June 2009

· Multiemployer Plans, for the ERISA Basics National Institute, sponsored by the American Bar Association, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, June 2009

· "Transitioning to a New Third-Party Administrator," for the 54th Annual Employee Benefits Conference, sponsored by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Co-Author, November 2008

· "The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and Employee Health Benefits," The Houston Lawyer, Houston Bar Association, Author, Sept./Oct. 2008

· "Ethical Standards of Lawyer Conduct in Employee Benefits Practice," ERISA Industry Group of Houston, Co-Author, 2002 and 2007

· "Standards of Lawyer Conduct in Employee Benefits Practice," ERISA Fiduciary Responsibility Issues Update, ALI-ABA Video Law Review, Co-Author, June 15, 2000

· "Ethical Standards of Lawyer Conduct in Employee Benefits Practice," Journal of the Corporate Counsel Review, Journal of the Corporate Counsel Section, State Bar of Texas, Co-Author, May 1999

· "Standards of Lawyer Conduct in Employee Benefits, Practice," Journal of Pension Planning & Compliance, Panel Publishers, Summer & Fall, Co-Author, 1998

· "Employee Benefits Law," published by the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law and the Bureau of National Affairs, Chapter Editor (Ethics and Fiduciary Responsibility Chapters): Second Edition, 1996-2008

· "ERISA Ethical Issues and Concerns," American Bar Association, 1996

· "Ethical Considerations in ERISA Litigation," Benefits Law Journal, Panel Publishers, Co-Author, 1998

· "Policy and Procedures for the Collection of Delinquent Employer Accounts," International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Author, 1983

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