Rated by peers in New Orleans Magazine as a Top Lawyer for eight years in a row, from 2015 to 2022, Abid Hussain practices corporate law in New Orleans. He has been licensed since 2006 in Texas, and since 2011 in Louisiana. He provides legal and corporate counsel, including intellectual property and asset protection, as well as corporate compliance, to entrepreneurs, business owners, investors, and non-profits. For eight years after receiving his law degree from the University of Oregon, he held marketing and web development positions at technology and software companies, including small startups and giants such as Texas Instruments, before practicing as an attorney. He is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science and the University of California, Berkeley.

Specialties: Entity formation (LLC, Series LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp, Partnerships); formation and compliance of 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entities; formation of testamentary trusts, family trusts, and offshore trusts. Stock options, vesting, equity positions, preparation for raising angel or venture capital; business planning/restructuring/dissolution; drafting/review/negotiation of contracts/leases (promissory note, wrap, subject-to, deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, purchase/sale/rent of residential and commercial real estate); mergers/sale of business; asset protection; trademarks, copyrights, intellectual property protection; software/Internet compliance. Direct experience in real estate, semiconductor, software, Internet, marketing, bar and restaurant, and music industries.