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Marla Aspinwall
Partner

Marla Aspinwall concentrates her practice in the tax, ERISA, labor and securities aspects of executive compensation for publicly held, private and tax-exempt organizations, including employment agreements; nonqualified deferred compensation; and equity, retirement, incentive and welfare benefit plans.

Ms. Aspinwall has extensive knowledge of insurance-funded executive benefits and estate planning arrangements. She also specializes in the tax and business aspect of agricultural cooperative organizations and has represented many large agricultural cooperatives.

Publications/Speeches

  • Speaker, What's Good About Insurance? Why Insurance, COLI and Deferred Compensation are Good for Business & the Economy, AALU Annual Conference (May 2010)
  • Speaker, Hot Topics In Executive Compensation, USC Tax Institute (January 2010)
  • Author/Presenter, Washington Delegation California State and Los Angeles County Bars, Proposed Revisions to IRC Section 409A and/or Applicable Treasury Regulations Regarding Issues Impacting the Entertainment Industry (May 2009)
  • Speaker/Moderator, AALU Annual Meeting Workshop: Proposed Treasury Guidance on Substantial Risk of Forfeiture in 457(f) Plans (May 2009)
  • Speaker, Tax Executives Institute, Inc. Current Developments in Executive Compensation: Overview of 409A and TARP Legislation (March 2009)
  • Speaker/Author, Section 409A What Your Clients May Be Missing, AALU Quarterly Magazine and Web Seminar (July 2008)
  • Speaker/Author, The New World of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, USC Tax Institute (January 2008)
  • Speaker, 409A Deferred Compensation Update, California Society of CPA's and Los Angeles County Bar Association Tax Night (November 2007)
    • more

Affiliations

  • Member, California State Bar Association
  • Member, Employee Benefits Committee, Los Angeles County Bar
  • Member, Legislative Circle Program, Association for Advanced Underwriting (AALU)
  • Member, Legal, Tax, and Accounting Committee, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
  • Member, Tax Committee, National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives

Practice Areas
Education
University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, J.D., 1984,
Order of the Coif; Member, Southern California Law Review
University of Utah, B.A., 1980, Honors English
summa cum laude
Bar Admissions
California, 1984
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