Background
Russano Morra, Linda was born on January 28, 1952 in New York, New York, United States.
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Linda Russano Morra
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Hunter College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1974). Southwestern University School of Law (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1982).
Career
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, 1982, California. Member, 1979-1980, and Articles Editor, 1980-1981, Southwestern University Law Review.
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for Contracts and Real Property.
Company-Author: "The Qualified Domestic Relations Order as an Enforcement Tool for Spousal Support," Los Angeles County Bar Association 1997 Family Law Symposium Reference Book. Speaker: 1985 Annual Conference of Current Developments in Taxation, Taxation Section and 1989 Annual Spring Seminar of Estate and Gift Tax Subsection of Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Vice Chairperson, 1985-1986. Chairperson, 1986-1987, Employee Benefits Committee, Beverly Hills Bar Association.
Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association.
State Bar of California. 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.
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Membership
Member, 1979-1980, and Articles Editor, 1980-1981, Southwestern University Law Review. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for Contracts and Real Property.
