Michael Salama Esq.

Vice President & Lead Tax Counsel
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Michael Salama is the Lead Tax Counsel for The Walt Disney Company (Burbank, CA). Previous positions include: senior manager, Washington National Tax Services Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; senior trial attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, I.R.S., clerk Anti-Trust Division, Department of Justice, Computers & Finance Section. 

Mr. Salama is a board member of the not-for-profit ProbabilityMangement.org and has published extensively on a variety of topics including in the state and federal income tax areas. 

Education: 
IP Residential Program, IP Law, University of Oxford
M.B.A., Cambridge University
J.D., George Washington University Law School, with honors
B.S., Mathematics, Vassar College

Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Portfolios:
599 T.M.,  Film and TV Production: Tax Accounting Considerations and Federal Tax Incentives (co-author)
5005 T.M., Accounting for Income Taxes: Managing Uncertain Tax Positions Under ASC 740 and ASC 450 — A Practical Guide (author)