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Dennis R. Bonessa

Dennis R. Bonessa

Partner

Pittsburgh

T:
+1 412 288 3136 (Pittsburgh)
F:
+1 412 288 3063 (Pittsburgh)
E:
dbonessa@reedsmith.com
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For nearly forty years, Dennis' practice has involved all aspects of employee benefits, including collective bargaining, litigation, arbitration and administrative proceedings, with respect to both single-employer and multiemployer plans, as well as the employee benefit implications in plant closings and corporate acquisitions and spinoffs. He has also been involved in the negotiation and structuring of compensation packages for executives, in both employment and termination situations, as well as the more traditional areas of employee benefit practice such as plan design, administration, and fiduciary advice and the somewhat more esoteric areas involving plans of tax-exempt and governmental employers and multiemployer plan withdrawal and restructuring.

Experience

1972 Reed Smith
Former Head of Benefits Group

Legal Education

1972 J.D., Georgetown University Law Center

Undergraduate Education

1969 B.A., Pennsylvania State University

Professional Admissions / Qualifications

  • Pennsylvania

Professional Affiliations

  • Allegheny County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association

Interests

Dennis is a native of Masontown, Pennsylvania.

Awards, Honors and Recognitions

  • Listed in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Employee Benefits Law, and has been listed since 2005