Brad Cohen's practice emphasizes individual, corporate and partnership income tax planning and transactional real estate matters. Brad advises clients on complex estate planning, charitable giving, nonprofit and charitable organization matters, tax controversy, executive compensation (including deferred compensation) and tax aspects of marital settlement negotiations.
In addition, he advises on planning related to mergers and acquisitions, financing and business succession planning addressing the business, income tax and estate tax issues on an integrated basis. Mr. Cohen is best known for his business and tax advice related to the motion picture, television, music, emerging media and sports industries. One of the focuses of his practice is coordinating the relationships among the entertainment, advertising and nonprofit industries.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Mr. Cohen clients have included former presidents of the United States and a United States senator.ACTIVITIES
Mr. Cohen is a Director of the Motion Picture Tax Institute and a past Chair of the Entertainment-Tax Subcommittee of the Tax Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He was a delegate to the Los Angeles County Bar Association Tax Section Washington D.C. Delegation; a former Chairperson of the Taxation Section of the Century City Bar Association; and a member of the American Bar Association. He is the co-chair of and on the planning committee for the Cal CPA Education Foundation's Entertainment Industry Conference.Mr. Cohen was also a lobbyist before the United States Congress for the Tax Reform Research Group and is an Ironman Triathlon finisher.
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