Brian M. Katusian

Brian Katusian is a Shareholder at Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek who specializes in tax-exempt organizations and ERISA. With respect to taxation law, he advises clients regarding local, state, federal, and international tax consequences of a wide range of transactional and controversy matters. With respect to ERISA, Mr. Katusian advises employers, third-party administrators, and employees on a wide range of qualified and nonqualified retirement plan and deferred compensation matters. He is experienced in representing clients before local, state, and federal tax and governmental authorities on a broad range of taxation and ERISA matters.

Mr. Katusian received his BS degree in Management Science, with honors, from the University of California at San Diego in 2004. He received his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2007. While attending the University of California at San Diego, Mr. Katusian also studied abroad at the University of Chile in Santiago, Chile, and received a minor in Spanish Literature. He is fluent in Spanish. While in law school, Mr. Katusian was a member of the law school’s Irving R. Kaufman Securities Law Moot Court Team, and served as a research assistant for Professor Fred Zacharias, USD Herzog Research Professor of Law. He also received his LL.M. in Taxation at the University of San Diego School of Law in 2007, where he was a Graduate Law Merit Scholar and a student attorney at the University of San Diego School of Law’s Tax Clinic. Prior to joining Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, Mr. Katusian was an associate at Branton & Wilson.

Mr. Katusian has authored and co-authored a broad range of material in publications such as the California Tax Lawyer, California Journal of Tax Litigation, CEB practice guides, and the Probate Attorneys of San Diego (PASD) Handbook. He has been named as one of San Diego's Best Attorneys in multiple editions of San Diego Metro magazine and recognized as a Super Lawyer for Tax and Employee Benefits. Mr. Katusian has served on the boards of multiple nonprofit organizations in the community of San Diego.