MICHAEL A. VANIC Email: MikeVanic@Reish.com Mike Vanic is a partner of the law firm of Reish & Reicher. He practices in the firm’s litigation department, with special emphasis in ERISA, employee benefits and employment discrimination litigation. Areas of Practice Business Litigation ERISA Litigation ESOP Professional Experience Mike has been engaged in ERISA litigation for approximately 30 years, representing plan sponsors, fiduciaries and service providers in a wide range of ERISA claims including fiduciary breach, denial of benefits, service provider malpractice, and other qualified plan and non-qualified deferred compensation matters. Mike is a member of the Western Pension & Benefits Conference; the Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, and Torts and Insurance Sections of the American Bar Association; the Labor and Employment Section of the California Bar Association; the Labor and Employment Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association; and the Defense Research Institute. Publications and Presentations Mike is the author or co-author of several articles involving ERISA and employee benefit issues including: “LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates: The History Behind It, and How One Case Can Clarify and Create Confusion at the Same Time,” Journal of Taxation of Investments, Summer 2009; “Best Laid Plans: In Employee Benefit Cases, Corporate Officers May Find It Hard to Avoid Getting Stuck with Personal Liability,” in the California Law Business Supplement of the Los Angeles Daily Journal (July 8, 1996), and “Practical Advice to Avoid or Limit TPA Liability” in Journal of Pension Benefits (Spring 1996); and “ERISA: A Pandora’s Box for the Uninformed” in the June 1995 issue of The Corporate Counsellor. Mike is also co-legal reviewer for Engagement Letters and Guidebook: CPA's Guide to Loss Prevention Practices, published by CAMICO Services, Inc. (1998/1999). Education Pennsylvania State University (A.A. 1967); University of Southern California (B.A, magna cum laude, 1973); Loyola University of Los Angeles (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Alpha Sigma Nu, Member St. Thomas More Honor Society. Admitted to bar, 1976, California; 1977, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1981 U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California; 1995 U.S. Supreme Court.