Marc Garber.

Marc R. Garber, of counsel with Flaster Greenberg, died Aug. 21. He was 62. Garber was a member of Flaster Greenberg's business and corporate and labor and employment departments. A business lawyer, he focused his practice on employee benefits law, executive compensation matters and Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation.

He joined Flaster Greenberg in 2002 after several years at two other large firms. He had more than 30 years of experience representing plan sponsors, trustees, professional fiduciaries, third-party administrators and investment advisers. His knowledge in this area of law was integral in handling the design, implementation and administration of retirement plans, fiduciary counseling, design and compliance of welfare plans, and use of ESOPs to provide exit strategies for founding shareholders of closely held businesses, according to Flaster Greenberg's prepared statement. His clients included professionals, early-stage development companies, publicly traded companies, financial institutions, professional fiduciaries and trust companies, investment advisers and third-party plan administrators.

Garber is a previous instructor at the Philadelphia Employee Benefits Institute, and served as a member of the American Bar Association's employee benefits section. Throughout his legal career, he has written and presented on numerous topics including ESOPs, executive compensation, ERISA fiduciary consideration, pension reform and ERISA investment products, among other topics. He graduated from Duquesne University School of Law in 1981. Services were held on Aug. 26 at 11 a.m. at Joseph Levine & Sons in Feasterville-Trevos.