Henry C. Eickelberg

Henry C. Eickelberg serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis and Georgetown University Law Center, teaching corporate mergers and acquisitions, employee benefits, executive compensation, and taxation of employee benefit programs. His academic work is deeply informed by his executive leadership as former Vice President of Human Resources and Shared Services for a Fortune 100 company, where he managed over $10 billion in expenditures, and his role as ERISA fiduciary overseeing major pension funds.

His educational credentials include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Personnel Management from DePaul University
• Juris Doctor with distinction from John Marshall Law School
• LL.M. from John Marshall Law School

Professor Eickelberg’s research centers on the legal-financial nexus of employee benefits, with emphasis on:

• Corporate restructuring impacts on pension obligations
• Executive compensation compliance under ERISA
• Tax-efficient benefit program design
• Multiemployer pension fund governance
• Government-regulated retirement security systems
• Cross-jurisdictional labor benefits harmonization

His scholarship bridges theoretical legal frameworks with real-world financial operations through extensive industry and government engagement.

His academic honors include:

• Georgetown University’s Charles Fahy Award for Distinguished Adjunct Professor (2015)

As an educator, he mentors students in complex corporate transactions while maintaining active policy roles: he chairs the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Advisory Committee (appointed by Presidents Obama and Trump), serves as trustee for the American Bar Association Retirement Funds and Concordia Plan Services, and advises the HR Policy Association. His government appointments involve managing the PBGC’s $130 billion portfolio and restructuring insolvent pension funds.

Professor Eickelberg collaborates with federal agencies and industry consortia through the HR Policy Association, focusing on retirement security innovation and regulatory compliance for multinational corporations.