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Quite a few new hires, promotions, partnerships, and anniversaries in the employee benefits and retirement industry. Take a look:

Akin Gump announced that Jon Chatalian has joined the firm as senior counsel in its labor and employment practice in Washington. He most recently served as Deputy Assistant General Counsel with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), responsible for overseeing, managing and coordinating the work of legal and actuarial teams for all multiemployer pension plan program litigation, compliance and regulatory matters. In addition to his multiemployer pension plan work, Mr. Chatalian represented the PBGC before U.S. bankruptcy and district courts in various ERISA cases.

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C.J. Marwitz

C.J. Marwitz is a writer and editor.