10100 Santa Monica Boulevard
Suite 2200
Los Angeles, CA
90067
 310.282.2377
 310.919.3540
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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, State Bar of California Taxation Section Sacramento Delegation (February 7-8, 2013)
- Author, California Doubling of 20% Federal Tax Increase Under IRC Section 409A, State Bar of California Taxation Section 2013 Sacramento Delegation (February 2013)
- Co-author, Taxation and Funding of Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation, ABA Insurance Counselor Series, 2012 Edition
- Speaker, What's Good About Insurance? Why Insurance, COLI and Deferred Comp are Good for Business and the Economy, Annual Meeting of Association of Advanced Life Underwriters (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, Proposed Treasury Guidance on Substantial Risk of Forfeiture in 457(f) Plans, Annual Meeting of Association of Advanced Life Underwriters (May 2009)
- Speaker, Current Developments in Executive Compensation: Overview of 409A and TARP Legislation, Tax Executives Institute, Inc. (March 2009)
Affiliations
- American College of Employee Benefits Counsel
- American Bar Association, Employee Benefit Committee
- California Bar Association, Employee Benefit Committee of Tax Section
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Employee Benefits Committee of Tax Section
- Association of Advanced Life Underwriters, Nonqualified Plans Committee National Counsel of Farmer Cooperatives, Legal, Tax and Accounting Committee, Chair of Industry Specialist
- National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives, Tax Committee
Distinctions
- Named "Best Lawyer" in Tax Law, The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc. (2013)
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University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, J.D., 1984, Order of the Coif, Southern California Law Review
University of Utah, B.A., 1980, Honors English, summa cum laude
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