Harvard University, A.B. 1979; Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 1984; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 1990

Rosina Barker has practiced for more than 25 years in the field of employee benefits and executive compensation, currently as a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, and formerly as a partner at Ivins, Phillips & Barker. From 1985 through 1990, Professor Barker served on the Tax Staff of the Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, where she staffed the Committee’s drafting of tax legislation governing employee pensions and benefits.

Professor Barker is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel; a member of the Bloomberg BNA Pension & Benefits Advisory Board, and a member of the Policy Board of the American Benefits Council. She formerly served as Editor in Chief, Benefits Law Journal; as a member of the Tax Law and Employee Benefits Advisory Board, John Marshall Law School; as Vice Chair of the Defined Benefits Plan Subcommittee Bar, Tax Section American Bar Association; and as Chair, Employee Benefits Committee of the Taxation Section, D.C. Bar.

Professor Barker writes and speaks frequently on employee benefits and executive compensation matters. Her writings have been published in The 409A Handbook (Bloomberg BNA); Cash Balance Plans (Aspen); Plan Sponsor; The New York University Institute on Federal Taxation (various years); The New York University Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Tax Notes; Bloomberg Law; and Benefits Law Journal (Aspen). She has made presentation in her field at numerous professional institutes and associations, including the Tax Executives Institute, the American Law Institute, the American Bar Association and the Michigan Bar Association and the DC Bar Association.

Professor Barker has been ranked by Chambers and Partners in the employee benefits field for 16 years, and listed in Best Lawyers in America for 20 years.