DATE: January 14, 2002

CONTACT: Karen L. Dyck, Marketing Director
(612) 373-8478, by email to kdyck@felhaber.com

For Immediate Release

William K. Ecklund, Chairman of the Board for Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt, P.A., has been appointed to the Attorneys' Committee for the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP). The IFEBP is the largest educational assocation in the country serving the employee benefits and compensation industry. For almost 50 years, the International Foundation has served as the premier source of education and information to the industry. The total membership of The International Foundation includes 35,000 individuals, representing 8400 multi-employer trust funds, corporations, public employee groups and professional advisory firms, throughout the United States and Canada. Mr. Ecklund's appointment is for one year.

Mr. Ecklund specializes in the areas of Employee Benefits and Risk Management, and represents many jointly administered multiemployer plalns covering pension, health and welfare, apprenticeship and vacation and holiday funds. He received his law degree from The University of Minnesota in 1968 and his B.A. from Carlton College in 1965. 

Founded in Saint Paul in 1943, Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon and Vogt, P.A. has offices in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. With over 55 attorneys, the firm serves clients in the areas of corporate and commercial law, employee benefits, employment law, estate planning, health care, intellectual property, labor law representing management, litigation, real estate, transportation law, and workers' compensation.