Stuart is a Vice President and National Retirement Compliance Deputy Practice Leader in Segal’s Washington, DC office. He has more than 30 years of wide-ranging pension experience in consulting, government, law and education. Mr. Sirkin serves as a technical resource for Segal’s compliance staff, consultants and clients.
Stuart joined Segal in September 2011. He has held senior-level positions working with regulations and legislation at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor (DOL). Mr. Sirkin also served on the staff of the Senate Finance Committee during the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. He was Director of the Corporate Policy and Research Division at the PBGC for 13 years. At the IRS, he served as an assistant to both the Assistant Commissioner for Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations and the Director of the Employee Plans Division. At the DOL, he was Chief of the policy branch of the pension program.
In his various positions, Stuart was involved with nearly every piece of pension legislation from the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, in addition to many of the regulations issued by the agencies.
After retiring from the government, Stuart worked for Ernst & Young’s National Tax Office as an Executive Director in the Performance and Reward Practice, providing tax advice on benefit issues. He also worked as a Principal in the National Technical Resources group of Buck Consultants. Earlier in his career, Stuart served as a benefits attorney for Covington & Burling.
Stuart received a MA in tax law from Georgetown Law Center and a JD from Columbia Law School. He also has a MA in Labor Economics and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a BA in Economics from the George Washington University.
Stuart is admitted to the New York State and Washington, DC bars. He is a charter member of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, the Chair of the ABA Tax Section’s Employee Benefits Committee’s Subcommittee on Defined Benefit Plans and a former Vice-Chair of the DC Bar’s Employee Benefits Committee. Mr. Sirkin is also an adjunct professor at the John Marshal Law School.
Stuart has published numerous articles on topics such as single employer benefit restrictions, hybrid plan regulations and pension policy in BNA’s Pension and Benefit Reporter, Benefits Quarterly, the Journal of Deferred Compensation, Compensation and Benefits Review, the Journal of Retirement Planning, and the Enrolled Actuaries Report.
Examples of his published work include:
February 5, 2025
Retirement plan sponsors: How will the new administration affect pension plans in 2025? Learn key areas of major policy and legislative change.
Topics covered: Retirement, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate
September 28, 2020
Find out how this regulation change affects your plan.
Topics covered: Retirement, Compliance
July 25, 2018
Topics covered: Retirement, Multiemployer Plans
Stuart is a Vice President and National Retirement Compliance Deputy Practice Leader in Segal’s Washington, DC office. He has more than 30 years of wide-ranging pension experience in consulting, government, law and education. Mr. Sirkin serves as a technical resource for Segal’s compliance staff, consultants and clients.
Stuart joined Segal in September 2011. He has held senior-level positions working with regulations and legislation at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor (DOL). Mr. Sirkin also served on the staff of the Senate Finance Committee during the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. He was Director of the Corporate Policy and Research Division at the PBGC for 13 years. At the IRS, he served as an assistant to both the Assistant Commissioner for Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations and the Director of the Employee Plans Division. At the DOL, he was Chief of the policy branch of the pension program.
In his various positions, Stuart was involved with nearly every piece of pension legislation from the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, in addition to many of the regulations issued by the agencies.
After retiring from the government, Stuart worked for Ernst & Young’s National Tax Office as an Executive Director in the Performance and Reward Practice, providing tax advice on benefit issues. He also worked as a Principal in the National Technical Resources group of Buck Consultants. Earlier in his career, Stuart served as a benefits attorney for Covington & Burling.
Stuart received a MA in tax law from Georgetown Law Center and a JD from Columbia Law School. He also has a MA in Labor Economics and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a BA in Economics from the George Washington University.
Stuart is admitted to the New York State and Washington, DC bars. He is a charter member of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, the Chair of the ABA Tax Section’s Employee Benefits Committee’s Subcommittee on Defined Benefit Plans and a former Vice-Chair of the DC Bar’s Employee Benefits Committee. Mr. Sirkin is also an adjunct professor at the John Marshal Law School.
Stuart has published numerous articles on topics such as single employer benefit restrictions, hybrid plan regulations and pension policy in BNA’s Pension and Benefit Reporter, Benefits Quarterly, the Journal of Deferred Compensation, Compensation and Benefits Review, the Journal of Retirement Planning, and the Enrolled Actuaries Report.
Examples of his published work include:
February 5, 2025
Retirement plan sponsors: How will the new administration affect pension plans in 2025? Learn key areas of major policy and legislative change.
Topics covered: Retirement, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate
September 28, 2020
Find out how this regulation change affects your plan.
Topics covered: Retirement, Compliance
July 25, 2018
Topics covered: Retirement, Multiemployer Plans
Stuart is a Vice President and National Retirement Compliance Deputy Practice Leader in Segal’s Washington, DC office. He has more than 30 years of wide-ranging pension experience in consulting, government, law and education. Mr. Sirkin serves as a technical resource for Segal’s compliance staff, consultants and clients.
Stuart joined Segal in September 2011. He has held senior-level positions working with regulations and legislation at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor (DOL). Mr. Sirkin also served on the staff of the Senate Finance Committee during the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. He was Director of the Corporate Policy and Research Division at the PBGC for 13 years. At the IRS, he served as an assistant to both the Assistant Commissioner for Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations and the Director of the Employee Plans Division. At the DOL, he was Chief of the policy branch of the pension program.
In his various positions, Stuart was involved with nearly every piece of pension legislation from the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, in addition to many of the regulations issued by the agencies.
After retiring from the government, Stuart worked for Ernst & Young’s National Tax Office as an Executive Director in the Performance and Reward Practice, providing tax advice on benefit issues. He also worked as a Principal in the National Technical Resources group of Buck Consultants. Earlier in his career, Stuart served as a benefits attorney for Covington & Burling.
Stuart received a MA in tax law from Georgetown Law Center and a JD from Columbia Law School. He also has a MA in Labor Economics and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a BA in Economics from the George Washington University.
Stuart is admitted to the New York State and Washington, DC bars. He is a charter member of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, the Chair of the ABA Tax Section’s Employee Benefits Committee’s Subcommittee on Defined Benefit Plans and a former Vice-Chair of the DC Bar’s Employee Benefits Committee. Mr. Sirkin is also an adjunct professor at the John Marshal Law School.
Stuart has published numerous articles on topics such as single employer benefit restrictions, hybrid plan regulations and pension policy in BNA’s Pension and Benefit Reporter, Benefits Quarterly, the Journal of Deferred Compensation, Compensation and Benefits Review, the Journal of Retirement Planning, and the Enrolled Actuaries Report.
Examples of his published work include:
February 5, 2025
Retirement plan sponsors: How will the new administration affect pension plans in 2025? Learn key areas of major policy and legislative change.
Topics covered: Retirement, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate
September 28, 2020
Find out how this regulation change affects your plan.
Topics covered: Retirement, Compliance
July 25, 2018
Topics covered: Retirement, Multiemployer Plans
Stuart is a Vice President and National Retirement Compliance Deputy Practice Leader in Segal’s Washington, DC office. He has more than 30 years of wide-ranging pension experience in consulting, government, law and education. Mr. Sirkin serves as a technical resource for Segal’s compliance staff, consultants and clients.
Stuart joined Segal in September 2011. He has held senior-level positions working with regulations and legislation at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor (DOL). Mr. Sirkin also served on the staff of the Senate Finance Committee during the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. He was Director of the Corporate Policy and Research Division at the PBGC for 13 years. At the IRS, he served as an assistant to both the Assistant Commissioner for Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations and the Director of the Employee Plans Division. At the DOL, he was Chief of the policy branch of the pension program.
In his various positions, Stuart was involved with nearly every piece of pension legislation from the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, in addition to many of the regulations issued by the agencies.
After retiring from the government, Stuart worked for Ernst & Young’s National Tax Office as an Executive Director in the Performance and Reward Practice, providing tax advice on benefit issues. He also worked as a Principal in the National Technical Resources group of Buck Consultants. Earlier in his career, Stuart served as a benefits attorney for Covington & Burling.
Stuart received a MA in tax law from Georgetown Law Center and a JD from Columbia Law School. He also has a MA in Labor Economics and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a BA in Economics from the George Washington University.
Stuart is admitted to the New York State and Washington, DC bars. He is a charter member of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, the Chair of the ABA Tax Section’s Employee Benefits Committee’s Subcommittee on Defined Benefit Plans and a former Vice-Chair of the DC Bar’s Employee Benefits Committee. Mr. Sirkin is also an adjunct professor at the John Marshal Law School.
Stuart has published numerous articles on topics such as single employer benefit restrictions, hybrid plan regulations and pension policy in BNA’s Pension and Benefit Reporter, Benefits Quarterly, the Journal of Deferred Compensation, Compensation and Benefits Review, the Journal of Retirement Planning, and the Enrolled Actuaries Report.
Examples of his published work include:
February 5, 2025
Retirement plan sponsors: How will the new administration affect pension plans in 2025? Learn key areas of major policy and legislative change.
Topics covered: Retirement, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate
September 28, 2020
Find out how this regulation change affects your plan.
Topics covered: Retirement, Compliance
July 25, 2018
Topics covered: Retirement, Multiemployer Plans
Stuart is a Vice President and National Retirement Compliance Deputy Practice Leader in Segal’s Washington, DC office. He has more than 30 years of wide-ranging pension experience in consulting, government, law and education. Mr. Sirkin serves as a technical resource for Segal’s compliance staff, consultants and clients.
Stuart joined Segal in September 2011. He has held senior-level positions working with regulations and legislation at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor (DOL). Mr. Sirkin also served on the staff of the Senate Finance Committee during the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. He was Director of the Corporate Policy and Research Division at the PBGC for 13 years. At the IRS, he served as an assistant to both the Assistant Commissioner for Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations and the Director of the Employee Plans Division. At the DOL, he was Chief of the policy branch of the pension program.
In his various positions, Stuart was involved with nearly every piece of pension legislation from the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, in addition to many of the regulations issued by the agencies.
After retiring from the government, Stuart worked for Ernst & Young’s National Tax Office as an Executive Director in the Performance and Reward Practice, providing tax advice on benefit issues. He also worked as a Principal in the National Technical Resources group of Buck Consultants. Earlier in his career, Stuart served as a benefits attorney for Covington & Burling.
Stuart received a MA in tax law from Georgetown Law Center and a JD from Columbia Law School. He also has a MA in Labor Economics and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a BA in Economics from the George Washington University.
Stuart is admitted to the New York State and Washington, DC bars. He is a charter member of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, the Chair of the ABA Tax Section’s Employee Benefits Committee’s Subcommittee on Defined Benefit Plans and a former Vice-Chair of the DC Bar’s Employee Benefits Committee. Mr. Sirkin is also an adjunct professor at the John Marshal Law School.
Stuart has published numerous articles on topics such as single employer benefit restrictions, hybrid plan regulations and pension policy in BNA’s Pension and Benefit Reporter, Benefits Quarterly, the Journal of Deferred Compensation, Compensation and Benefits Review, the Journal of Retirement Planning, and the Enrolled Actuaries Report.
Examples of his published work include:
February 5, 2025
Retirement plan sponsors: How will the new administration affect pension plans in 2025? Learn key areas of major policy and legislative change.
Topics covered: Retirement, Multiemployer Plans, Public Sector, Healthcare Industry, Higher Education, Architecture Engineering & Construction, Corporate
September 28, 2020
Find out how this regulation change affects your plan.
Topics covered: Retirement, Compliance
July 25, 2018
Topics covered: Retirement, Multiemployer Plans
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