SMWIA Manager Meeting: Securities lawyer to serve as guest speaker

Motley Rice securities lawyer Badge Humphries will speak at the 2011 Sheet Metal Workers' International Association (SMWIA) Business Manager Meeting being held from August 8 to 11, 2011, at the Hilton Chicago. Humphries will present on Thursday, August 11 at 10:50 a.m. on the effect corporate misconduct can have on financial stability during retirement and what pension fund members can do to protect themselves.

Additional discussion topics by other speakers include:

  • Household exposure
  • Occupational asbestos exposure
  • Pension fund recovery
  • Securities fraud

The SMWIA helps protect workers' rights and provides resources for more than 150,000 skilled laborers employed in the construction, manufacturing, service, railroad and shipyard industries across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.