The Affordable Care Act for Employers with Unionized Workers in 2015

William E. O'Gara is a Partner with Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West LLC and leads the firm's Litigation and Employment Teams. He is a highly respected labor and employment law practitioner with extensive experience handling diverse matters before federal and state courts and administrative agencies. With over 20 years of experience, Attorney O'Gara routinely represents employers in matters ranging from sexual harassment to retirement issues. His diverse practice includes defending wrongful termination and discrimination claims, contract negotiations and matters of union representation. Attorney O’Gara is a co-founder of Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West. He earned his J.D. from Northeastern University and his Master's in Industrial Relations from the University of Rhode Island. He is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Federal courts in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Jillian N. Jagling is an accomplished health care attorney and Associate with Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West LLC. She is a member of the firm’s Health Care and Corporate & Business Teams. Attorney Jagling has significant experience in the area of state and federal health industry compliance laws and regulations. Prior to joining Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West, Attorney Jagling was an attorney at Rhode Island Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island where she was responsible for drafting and negotiating various types of contracts for all areas of the business, including business associate agreements, commercial leases, provider, subscriber, consultant, license/software, and confidentiality agreements, as well as providing in-house legal support in connection with lawsuits in various jurisdictions, including a major multidistrict litigation matter. Attorney Jagling earned her J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law, cum laude, and is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Cindy L. Davis is a partner in the firm of Anderson, Helgen, Davis & Cefalu, P.A., with more than twenty years experience practicing in the areas of employee benefits, ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act), commercial real estate, and general business and corporate matters.  She has a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience related to Taft-Hartley employee benefit plans.  Ms. Davis provides sound legal counsel in a cost-effective, responsive manner and regularly advises clients regarding employee benefit plan compliance, including: COBRA, the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), HIPAA, FMLA, PPACA, and the Internal Revenue Code.

Ms. Davis assists her clients in designing, implementing, and operating retirement and group health plans consistent with the objectives of the plan sponsors and applicable laws.  Her clients include employee benefit plan sponsors, trustees, administrators, and third-party administrators.

She also assists her clients in preparing corrective documentation and filing documentation with enforcement agencies, while simultaneously coordinating with applicable state law.  Ms. Davis has extensive experience representing clients in highly complex areas such as ERISA, hedge-fund investment by employee benefit plans, employee plan commercial real estate and development transactions, provider agreements, and network agreements.

Ms. Davis is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin.  She currently serves on the Education Committee of the Employers Council on Flexible Compensation.  She is a frequent presenter at conferences and seminars on topics involving employee benefit compliance.

Ms. Davis received her bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin-Stout and her J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law (Minn.).  Prior to co-founding Anderson, Helgen, Davis & Cefalu, P.A. in 2009, she practiced law with other Twin Cities law firms and served as general counsel for a corporation.

Peter L. Frattarelli is the Chair of Archer & Greiner’s Labor & Employment Department. He regularly represents management and employers in labor and employment litigation and proceedings. Peter has extensive experience defending employers and individuals against harassment and discrimination lawsuits, as well as before state and federal administrative agencies. These include claims for race, gender, sex, disability, national origin and age discrimination. His management defense experience has been in a wide variety of contexts, ranging from unlawful discipline through wrongful termination. Peter’s litigation experience also includes an emphasis on defending against retaliation and “whistleblower” claims.  He has handled numerous cases defending employers against claims of failure to accommodate the needs of disabled persons, including several cases that sought to extend the disability protection laws against employers and places of public accommodation.