PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Attorney at Law
Mr. Husband entered private practice in 1977. He was associated with the Los Angeles firm of Coskey, Coskey & Boxer until March 1979 and the Beverly Hills firm of Cooper, Epstein & Hurewitz from March 1979 until July of 1981. He opened his own offices in Century City in 1981 and subsequently moved to Burbank 1997 and then Universal City in 2003. Mr. Husband's practice includes taxation law and litigation, equine law and entertainment law.
TEACHING:
- California State Bar
California Tax Bar & the California Tax Policy Conference
San Francisco - November 2003
"IRC Section 469 Material Participation Issues in Secondary Businesses"
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
Beverly Hills -November 1996
Entertainment Tax Committee Tax Section Seminar
-The Future of Loan Out Corporations in the Entertainment Industry
Century City -March 1995
Moderator - Hot Tax Accounting Issues in Audiovisual Entertainment
- Beverly Hills Bar Association Entertainment Section
Beverly Hills -February 1994
1994 Annual Update of the Law
Tax -Survey of 1993 Developments
- American Horse Council -Federal Tax Workshop
Ft. Worth, Texas -1995
"Tax Aspects of Stallion Syndicates as Securities"
Washington, D.C. -May 1992
"Defending the IRC Section 183 `Hobby Loss' Challenge
- American Bar Association Tax Section
Los Angeles -Winter Meeting January 1990
Agricultural Committee
"IRC § 183 Practice: The `Hobby Loss' Challenge"
- California State Bar -Section on Taxation Seminar
Los Angeles - November 1989
"Tax Planning for Highly Compensated Individuals"
Topic: IRC §§ 183, 263A, 465 & 469
- Colorado State University
Lecturer on Tax and Legal Aspects of the Horse Industry
1984 -1989; 1993 - 1994
- Pepperdine University
Adjunct Professor of Law - Entertainment Law 1978 -1979
PUBLICATIONS:
Numerous publications concerning tax, equine, and entertainment law matters in various publications, including The National Law Journal, Entertainment Law & Finance, The Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, Journal of Agricultural Taxation and Law, American Horse Council Business Quarterly, and many horse industry periodicals.
BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS:
- State Bar of California
United States Tax Court
United States District Court - Central District of California
United States District Court - Southern District of California
United States District Court - Northern District of California
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- American Bar Association
Member Sections on:
Forum Committee on Entertainment and Sports Law;
Taxation (member Agriculture Committee)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
Tax Section (Chair, Pro Bono Oversight Committee 1986-88;
Secretary, Entertainment Tax Committee 1993-94,
Vice Chair, 1994-95, Chair, 1995-96)
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
Entertainment Law Section (Executive Committee
1992-1996)
- San Fernando Valley Bar Association
Tax Section (Co-Chair 1993-94)
EDUCATION:
University of California at Los Angeles
Juris Doctorate 1977
Member, UCLA-Alaska Law Review
American Jurisprudence Prize
Occidental College
Bachelor of Arts 1972