2021 ERISA Facts

Frank J. Bitzer, Esq., FACEBC, is a practicing attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Bitzer is

a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Education and received his Juris Doctorate

from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1988. Mr. Bitzer has particular experience

in both civil and criminal fiduciary matters pursuant to ERISA, having previously served as a

Journeyman level Investigator with the United States Department of Labor – Employee Benefits

Security Administration. Mr. Bitzer is the Past Chair of the Cincinnati Bar Association Employee

Benefits Committee. He has been named a Cincy Leading Lawyer by Cincy Magazine in 2008,

2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. He has also been recognized as a Super Lawyer for the State of

Ohio by Cincinnati magazine and Law & Politics magazine in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.

In addition, he is a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.

Mr. Bitzer is a featured speaker of The National Underwriter Company Speakers Bureau

and has made presentations on ERISA fiduciary matters to organizations across the United

States. He is a contributor of articles to the Journal of Pension and Benefits, Spencer’s Research

Reports, The Pension Actuary, Pension Plan Administrator and other publications. Mr. Bitzer also

provides expert witness testimony in litigation matters focusing on ERISA. He is a member of

the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries and a former member of Government

Affairs Committee, Sub-Committee on Department of Labor Enforcement. He is a member

of the Internal Revenue Service Great Lakes Region Tax Exempt and Government Entities

Joint Council, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, and the Cincinnati Bar

Association-Employee Benefits Committee.

In addition to this text, Mr. Bitzer is a co-author of Benefits Facts, The Insider’s Guide to DOL

Plan Audits, Quick Reference to ERISA Compliance – The Coverage and Nondiscrimination Answer Book,

and The Pension Answer Book – Forms and Worksheets, published by Wolters Kluwer.

The original edition of this book and the first ten annual updates were co-authored by

Nicholas W. Ferrigno, Jr., Esq.

Nicholas W. Ferrigno, Jr., Esq., was a Member and Chairman of ERISA Controversy

Team of the law firm of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC with offices in Covington,

Frankfort, Lexington, and Louisville, Kentucky; and Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Ferrigno received

his B.S. (Finance) from the University of Rhode Island and Juris Doctorate (cum laude) from the

Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University. Mr. Ferrigno had particular

experience in ERISA fiduciary and compliance matters, having previously served with the U.S.

Department of Labor - Employee Benefits Security Administration.