Employee Benefits Attorney Nick Ferrigno Dies at 50
A Life Well-Lived
By Frank J. Bitzer, FJB@GDM.com
From Nick's obituary in the local newspaper:
Ft. Mitchell, KY -- Nicholas William Ferrigno, Jr. 50, died September 28, at Hospice of the Bluegrass, St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas, Fort Thomas, KY. His father, Nicholas Ferrigno, Sr. died previously.
He is survived by his wife, Rhonda, daughters Brittany and Alexis of Ft. Mitchell, his mother, Kathryn Lewis of Mystic, CT, sisters, Kerri Barber of North Stonington, CT, and Jacquelyn Bailey of Westerly, RI, and brother, Scott Ferrigno of Westerly, RI
Memorials are suggested to: Wood Hudson Cancer Research Laboratory, 931 Isabella Street, Newport, KY 41071-4701 or Boy Scouts of America, Dan Beard Council, 10078 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45241
E-mail condolences to middendorffh@insightbb.com
Middendorf Funeral Home, Ft. Wright is handling arrangements
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Nicholas W. Ferrigno, Jr., was a Member and Chairman of the ERISA
Controversy Team of the law firm of Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC
with offices in Louisville, Lexington, Frankfort and Covington,
Kentucky, Cincinnati, Ohio and Nashville, Tennessee. Nick was known for
his particular expertise in ERISA Fiduciary and compliance matters
having previously served with the US Department of Labor's Employee
Benefits Security Administration. He was named a Cincinnati Leading
Lawyer by Cincy Magazine for 2007 and 2008 (both distinctions being
earned while battling cancer). He was also a recipient of the Cincinnati
Business Courier's "Forty Under 40" Award. He was the past Employee
Plans Coordinator and member of the Great Lakes Region Governmental
Entities/Tax Exempt Entities Council of the Internal Revenue Service.
Nick was also the Founder and Past-President of the ASPPA Benefits
Council of Greater Cincinnati, Past Chair of the Employee Benefits
Committee of the Cincinnati Bar Association, a former member of the
ASPPA Government Affairs Committee; Sub-Committee on U.S. Department of
Labor Enforcement, Co-Author of the ERISA Question and Answers Column on
BenefitsLink.com and was an active member of the ESOP Association.
Nick also was an Eagle Scout and a very active volunteer with the Dan
Beard Council of the Boy Scouts of America, having served on its Board
of Directors and as Past District Advancement Chairman. He also served
on the Board of Directors for the Erlanger (Kentucky) Housing
Development Corporation and was on the Board of Governors for the Salmon
P. Chase School of Law Alumni Association.
In addition to the above, Nick co-authored these employee benefits-related
texts: ERISA Facts, Benefits Facts, The Insider's Guide to Department of
Labor Audits and the 2008 supplement to the Coverage and
Nondiscrimination Handbook. He also published numerous articles for
trade association journals and was a frequent presenter on employee
benefits topics to various bar associations and industry groups.
In spite of the above accomplishments, Nick considered his greatest
achievement to be his family -- his wife Rhonda and his daughters
Brittany (19) and Alexis (14). They were his joy and his delight in this
life and he demonstrated his love and devotion to them on a daily basis
in countless ways.
In addition to being Nick's professional colleague and co-author, I also
had the distinct pleasure of having him as my dear friend for most of
the past twenty years. He was a brilliant, decent and hard-working man
who taught me many lessons about being a better person, a better friend,
and a better lawyer. He loved life and was full of wonderful stories of
growing up in Rhode Island with his trio of life-long friends Guy
Settipane, Perry Borelli and Jim Rothschild. Nick also was proud of the
fact that he played Division I college football at the University of
Rhode Island, having made the team his Freshman year as an undersized
walk-on. He was fast and worked himself into football shape, to the point
that he was a two-way player as a defensive back and half-back. By his
senior year he was good enough to warrant consideration as a
professional player. Everyone who knew Nick understood very well his
abiding devotion to fitness, health and good old fashioned competition.
His is an example of a life well lived. Those of us who knew Nick and
were blessed with the privilege of having him as a brother, a husband, a
father, or a friend will miss him dearly and we are thankful for his
being a part of our lives.
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