Grand Canyon University - Ken Blanchard College of Business

Faculty Biographies

Ilene H. Ferenczy is the managing member of the Law Offices of Ilene H. Ferenczy, LLC in Atlanta. She specializes in qualified pension and profit sharing plans, nonqualified plans, employee stock ownership plans and tax-sheltered annuity plans for tax exempt organizations. Her expertise includes the design and implementation of retirement plans, consulting with clients on retirement plan issues in relation to mergers and acquisitions, representing companies and plans under audit by the IRS, Department of Labor and the PBGC, and consulting with clients regarding a myriad of planning, taxation and fiduciary liability issues. In addition to working with companies to develop various benefit programs, Ms. Ferenczy advises clients on the issues that arise on a day-to-day basis in these plans. A member of the employee benefits community since 1977, Ms. Ferenczy was a Vice President of a Southern California pension administration company prior to going to law school. After law school graduation, she specialized in ERISA at both Los Angeles and Atlanta law firms. She has earned the designations of Certified Pension Consultant from the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) and Accredited Pension Administrator from the National Institute of Pension Administrators. Ms. Ferenczy is a nationally known speaker and has authored more than 50 articles on benefits topics for national journals. She is the first female co-chair of ASPPA’s Government Affairs Committee, a member of ASPPA’s Board of Directors, and a trustee of the ASPPA Pension Education and Research Foundation. Ms. Ferenczy received two J.D. degrees, summa cum laude, one from Georgia State University College of Law (six CALI awards, BNA Award for Excellence in Labor Law) and Western State University College of Law, (emphasis in taxation; six American Jurisprudence Awards, Law Review). She is admitted to practice by the Georgia and California Bars.

Ms. Ferenczy is scheduled to teach the following 2009-Early 2010 public programs:

The Certificate in Employee Benefits LawSM Seminar

  • Orlando, July 20-21, 2009 (Block I)
  • Newport Beach, March 8-9, 2010 (Block I)




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