Diane E. Burkley

Background

Burkley, Diane E. was born on January 16, 1952 in Sendai, Japan.

Education

Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1973). Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1977). Spoken languages: French.

Career

Worked at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Virginia. 1981, District of Columbia (Not admitted NY).

Staff Editor, Georgetown University Law Journal, 1976-1977. Author: "Increased PBGC Intervention in Corporate Spinoffs, Divestitures and Other Transactions," 19 Employee Benefits Journal 5 (March 1994). "PBGC Seeks Legislative Authority to Prescreen and Block Corporate Transactions, Increase Pension Funding," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, February 1994, at 7.

"Non-Bankrupt Companies' Plans at Issue," National Law Journal, February 1994 at 17. "ACHA Opposes National Labor Relations Board Rule on Health Care Bargaining Units," American Health Care Association Provider Magazine, 42 (November 1987). "An Agent's Liability for Insurer Insolvency," 40 CPCU Journal 140 (No.

3, September 1987); "OSHA Rules and Regulations," Federal Laws Affecting Newspapers (May 1987). "An Agent or Broker's Liability to the Insured for Insurer Insolvency," Law and Practice of Insurance Company Insolvency 401 (American Bar Association National Institute on Insurer Insolvency, June 1986). "The Impact of Federal Labor and Wage Laws on Long Term Care Providers," Long Term Health Care and the Law 231 (1986).

"Cost Study of the Impact of an Equal Benefits Rule on Pension Plans," United States. Department of Labor (Diane E. Burkley, ed. 1983); Note, "Expedited Relief from Prior Restraints on News Coverage of Criminal Proceedings," 65 Geo.

L.J. 81 (1976). Co-Author: "PBGC and IRS Release Guidance on GATT Pension Legislation," Journal of Taxation of Employee Benefits, July/August 1995, at 51. "The GATT Bill's PBGC Provisions' Impact on Corporate Bankruptcies," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, February 1995 at 1. "GATT Provisions on PBGC Reform Aim at Compliance, Improved Funding: Although the Most Controversial Provisions were Deleted, Extensive Amendments to the Code and ERISA Remain," Journal of Taxation of Employee Benefits, December/January 1994, a t 195.

"Department of Labor Releases Interpretive Bulletin Economically Targeted Investments," Employee Benefits Counselor, December 10, 1994. "Pensions: The Clinton Administration is Attempting to Persuade Pension Plans to Invest Their Vast Resources in Projects That Offer Benefits to Low-Income Communities," National Law Journal, Sept 5, 1994 at B5. "PBGC Reform Bill," Journal of Taxation and Employee Benefits," July/August 1994, at 77.

"The Bill to Revise The PBGC," New York Law Journal, November 17, 1993, at 3. "Liability of Agents, Brokers and Intermediaries for Insurer Insolvency," Law and Practice of Insurance Company Insolvency, Revisited (American Bar Association National Institute on Insurer Insolvency, December 1989). "Department of Labor Proposes Regulations on Permissible Use of Volunteers Under FLSA," 62 National Association of Towns and Townships Community Report 4 (June 1986).

"Nondiscrimination in Pension Plans," 34 Labor L.J. 201 (1983). Staff Attorney, 1977-1980 and Assistant Counsel for Appellate Litigation, 1980-1981, Office of the Solicitor, Occupational Safety and Health Division, United States. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. Special Assistant to the Solicitor, United States.

Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1981-1983. Consultant, Executive Office of the White House, July-August, 1983. Deputy Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.

Member: Bureau of National Affairs Pension and Benefits Advisory Board. Practising Law Institute Advisory Board. (Also at Washington, D.C. Office).

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Increased PBGC Intervention in Corporate Spinoffs, Divestitures and Other Transactions," 19 Employee Benefits Journal 5 (March 1994). "PBGC Seeks Legislative Authority to Prescreen and Block Corporate Transactions, Increase Pension Funding," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, February 1994, at 7. "Non-Bankrupt Companies' Plans at Issue," National Law Journal, February 1994 at 17.
    
    "ACHA Opposes National Labor Relations Board Rule on Health Care Bargaining Units," American Health Care Association Provider Magazine, 42 (November 1987). "An Agent's Liability for Insurer Insolvency," 40 CPCU Journal 140 (No. 3, September 1987)

  • "OSHA Rules and Regulations," Federal Laws Affecting Newspapers (May 1987).
    
    "An Agent or Broker's Liability to the Insured for Insurer Insolvency," Law and Practice of Insurance Company Insolvency 401 (American Bar Association National Institute on Insurer Insolvency, June 1986). "The Impact of Federal Labor and Wage Laws on Long Term Care Providers," Long Term Health Care and the Law 231 (1986). "Cost Study of the Impact of an Equal Benefits Rule on Pension Plans," United States.
    
    Department of Labor (Diane E. Burkley, ed. 1983)

  • Note, "Expedited Relief from Prior Restraints on News Coverage of Criminal Proceedings," 65 Geo. L.J. 81 (1976).

Membership

Member: Bureau of National Affairs Pension and Benefits Advisory Board. Practising Law Institute Advisory Board. (Also at Washington, D.C. Office).