Background
Brucker, Alex M. was born on February 13, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Brucker, Alex M. was born on February 13, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
California State University at San Diego (Bachelor of Science, 1967). Whittier College School of Law (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1974).
Worked at Alex M. Brucker A Law Corporation (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Taxation, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Employee Benefits, Qualified Pension and Profit Sharing Plans and Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plans. Admitted to the bar, 1974, California. Certified Public Accountant, California, 1970.
Company-Designer, Brentmark Pension and Excise Tax Planner software.
Contributing Editor, Journal of Pension Benefits, 1994. Company-Author, Pension Column in Journal of Pension Benefits, 1994.
Author: "Small Business Pension Plan Internal Revenue Service Actuarial Audits," 43rd Annual University of Southern California Institute on Federal Taxation (Chapter, 9, 1992. "Tax Planning for Qualified Plan Distributions and IRAs," California Certified Public Accountants Foundation for Education and Research, 1986.
" Impact of TEFRA and Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs on Required Distributions under Qualified Plans," New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, 1984 Tax Conference Series - Estate Planning, Chapter 9.
"Debt-Financed Real Estate Investments and the Qualified Trust," 15 Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal 527, Summer, 1981. "Estate Planning for Qualified and Non-Qualified Plans," 41st Annual University of Southern California Institute on Federal Taxation (Chapter 17, 1989). "Estate Planning for Qualified Plan Benefits After 1986," Estate Planning 1987.
"California Taxation of Literary Properties," 2 Comment Law Journal, Winter, 1979-1980.
Instructor: California Certified Public Accountants Foundation for Education and Research, 1986. CPE Tax Planning Taxes, 1988.
Lecturer: Employee Retirement Income Security Act-Employee Benefits: University of Southern California Annual Institute on Federal Taxation New York University Institute on Federal Taxation. Southern California Tax and Estate Planning and Employee Benefits Forums.
California Continuing Education of the Bar.
California Certified Public Accountants Foundation for Research and Education. Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations. American Society of Pension Actuaries.
National Institute of Pension Administrators.
Western Pension and Benefit Conference. Member: Los Angeles County (Chairperson, Employee Benefits Committee, 1982.
Tax Section Executive Committee, 1980-1983), Beverly Hills (Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1987. Company-Chair, Annual Employee Benefits Conference, 1980-1989) and American (Member, Tax Section, Employer Benefits Committee) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California (Chair, Employee Benefits Committee, 1995).
Western Pension and Benefits Conference. California Society of Certified Public Accountants (Member, Planning Committees various tax conferences). American Society of Pension Actuaries (Board of Directors, 1992-1995).
National Institute of Pension Administrators.
Motion Picture and Television Tax Institute. The firm practices exclusively in all tax, Employee Retirement Income Security Act and litigation aspects of the following employee benefit areas: consultation, design, implementation and termination of pension, profit sharing, 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan plans.
Consultation, handling negotiating and settling Internal Revenue Service and Employee Retirement Income Security Act qualified plan and employee benefits audits and controversies (including Videocassette Recorder and Civil Air Patrol) with governmental agencies. Prohibited transactions problem solving and exemptions and other Employee Retirement Income Security Act fiduciary matters.
Consultation and planning for retirement distributions from qualified plans and IRAs, division of plan benefits at divorce, negotiation and preparation of QDROs and expert testimony in adversarial marital contests.
Litigation support and expert testimony in employee benefits tax and Employee Retirement Income Security Act matters. And consultation, design and implementation of non-qualified deferred compensation, cafeteria, fringe benefit and welfare plans.
Member: Los Angeles County (Chairperson, Employee Benefits Committee, 1982. Tax Section Executive Committee, 1980-1983), Beverly Hills (Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1987. Company-Chair, Annual Employee Benefits Conference, 1980-1989) and American (Member, Tax Section, Employer Benefits Committee) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California (Chair, Employee Benefits Committee, 1995).
Western Pension and Benefits Conference. California Society of Certified Public Accountants (Member, Planning Committees various tax conferences).
American Society of Pension Actuaries (Board of Directors, 1992-1995). National Institute of Pension Administrators.
Motion Picture and Television Tax Institute.