Background
Baker, Pamela was born on April 6, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of William D. and Lois (Tukey) Baker.
Baker, Pamela was born on April 6, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of William D. and Lois (Tukey) Baker.
Smith College (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1972). University of Wisconsin at Madison (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1976). Member, 1974-1975 and Managing Editor, 1975-1976, Wisconsin Law Review.
Worked at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Illinois and Wisconsin. Member, 1974-1975 and Managing Editor, 1975-1976, Wisconsin Law Review.
Company-Author with Louis A. Freeman, "Pension Investments in Real Estate," 1 Journal of Taxation of Investments 155, 1984.
Company-Author with Anita Gottlieb," Participating Loans-Unresolved Fiduciary and Tax Concerns," Journal Tax"n Investments 155, 1986. Author: "Pension Trusts as Limited Partners-Ruminations on UBI and Service Bolt and Nut," 1 Journal Tax"n Investments 348, 1984.
"Enhanced Incentives for Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan"s After the 1984 Tax Reform Acting," 2 Journal Tax"n Investments 178, 1985. "Rules of Thumb for Choosing Between Ten-Year Averaging and Rollovers on a Retirement Plan Distribution," 2 Journal Tax"n Investments 330, 1985.
"Employee Retirement Income Security Act and Soft Dollars," 4 Journal Tax"n Investments 140, 1987.
"Individual Retirement Arrangements and Simplified Employee Pension Plans," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Employee Benefits Law, 1987, 1991, 1994. "Executive Compensation in Mergers and Acquisitions (Participant 1)," 39 The Practical Lawyer Number. 4 75, 1993; "Executive Compensation in Mergers and Acquisitions (Participant 2)," 39 The Practical Lawyer Number.
5 45, 1993.
"A Simple Approach To Pension Planning," 83 Illinois Bar Journal 37, 1995. "New New New Rule 16b-3," 4 Erisa and Benefits Law Journal 248, 1996. Company-Author: "Executive Compensation: A 1987 Road Map for the Corporate Advisor," 43 The Business Lawyer 185, 1987.
Member: Chicago (Member, Employee Benefits Committee, 1978.
Chairman, 1986-1987; Federal Taxation Committee, 1980. Executive Council, 1982-1985), Illinois State (Member, 1988, Chair, Employee Benefits Section Council, 1991-1992) and American (Vice Chair, Employee Benefits Committee, Taxation Section, 1995.
Chairman, Federal and State Securities Regulation Subcommittee of Employee Benefits Committee, 1985-1995. Member: Joint Committee on Employee on Employee Benefits, 1991-1995.
Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.
Taxation. Business Law) Bar Associations.
Chicago (Member, Employee Benefits Committee, since 1978. Secretary, 1984-1985. Vice Chairman, 1985-1986.
Chairman, 19861987.
Federal Taxation Committee, since 1980. Executive Council, 1982-1985), Illinois State (Member, since 1988, Secretary, Employee Benefits Section Council, 1989-1990. Vice-Chair, since 1990) and American (Chairman, Federal and State Securities Regulation Subcommittee of Employee Benefits Committee, since 1985.
Member, Plan Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, since 1985.
Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law. Taxation; Business Law) Bar Associations.
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Law.
Married Jay R. Franke, June 10, 1972. Children: Baker Eugene, Alexandra Britell.