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Martin Lobel
 Lobel@LNLlaw.com
Martin Lobel, who also serves as the Chairman of Tax Analysts, is the firm's lead litigator, crisis manager and expert on the constitutionality of state taxes. He was named as one of Washington’s top lawyers by the Washingtonian Magazine. He was admitted to the bar in 1965 in Massachusetts and in 1968 to the District of Columbia and U.S. Supreme Court Bars.
Education:
Boston University (A.B., 1962; J.D., cum laude, 1965) Law Review
Harvard University (LL.M., 1966)
Publications:
Federal Control of Campaign Contributions, 51 Minnesota Law Review 1, 1966
Elections: An Analysis of the Oklahoma Corrupt Practice Act, 20 Oklahoma Law Review 381, 1967
A Proposal for a Title Registration System for Realty, 11 University of Richmond Law Review 501, 1977
International Oil Policy, Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Science, January, 1980
Defending the Professional, Practicing Law Institute, 1982
Congressional Oversight Investigations, Practicing Law Institute, 1984
Billions in Windfall Profits Taxes Still to be Collected, Tax Notes, July 24, 1989, p. 445 (co-authored with Henry Banta)
Refunding Unconstitutional Taxes, Tax Notes, July 29, 1991, p. 581
Political Access Key to Upholding State Taxes, State Tax Notes, May 18, 1992
The Supreme Court as Delphic Oracle, State Tax Notes, Nov. 19, 1992, p. 683
Barclays: A Test of the Administration's Willingness to Collect Taxes from Multinational Corporations, Tax Notes, June 28, 1993, p. 1841 (co-authored with Henry Banta)
A Toothless Tiger: The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, Tax Notes, June 17, 1996, p. 1699
Too Big to Fail: The Big Six (Five?) Accounting Firms, Tax Notes, Oct. 13, 1997, p. 214
Whither the IRS, Tax Notes, Nov. 17, 1997, p. 849
Myths, Tax Policy and the Oil Industry, Tax Notes, March 15, 1999, p. 1675 (co-authored with Henry Banta and Lee Helfrich)
Transfer Pricing and Oil Royalties: A Cautionary Tale, Tax Notes, July 5, 1999, p. 151 (co-authored with Henry Banta and Lee Helfrich)
The Great American Tax Dodge, Tax Notes, Oct. 2, 2000, p.145
Current “Tax Reform” Proposals are Fraudulent, Tax Notes, April 16, 2001, p. 519
Domestic Businesses Sacrificed to Multinationals, Tax Notes, May 21, 2001, p. 1339
A State’s Obligation to Refund Unconstitutional Taxes, ABA State & Local Law News, Fall 2002, p. 12
Two Simple Tax Reforms Would Eliminate Most Corporate Abuse, Tax Notes, July 15, 2002, p.440
The Black Box Used to Justify Energy Tax Subsidies, Tax Notes, July 21, 2003, p. 399 (co-authored with Henry Banta and Lee Helfrich)
A Democratic Tax Plan?, Tax Notes, August 25, 2003, p. 1057
Will the Administration’s Economic Policies Cost it the Election?, Tax Notes, April 5, 2004, p. 122
Income Disparities And the Tax Code, Tax Notes, Sept. 5, 2005, p. 1165
Press seen as failing to deal with economic abuses, www.NiemanWatchdog.org, Oct. 1, 2005
A tribute to three public figures who died in recent days, www.NiemanWatchdog.org, Dec. 21, 2005
Lobbying Reform - another approach, , www.NiemanWatchdog.org,, Feb. 4, 2006.
What is there are no gains from reducing Mid-east oil imports?, www.NiemanWatchDog.org, Feb. 8, 2006 (co-authored with Henry Banta).
Q&A on Bush’s energy proposals, www.NiemanWatchdog.org, April 27, 2006
Tax analyst sees press failure as partly to blame for looming economic crisis, www.NiemanWatchdog.org, Aug. 11, 2006.
The Coming Economic Crisis, Tax Notes, Sept. 11, 2006, p.983.
Have Business Reporters Lost Their Souls?, www.NeimanWatchdog.org, September 13, 2007.
Employment:
Partner, Lobel, Novins & Lamont, LLP 1972 to present
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas Referee to decide claims by resellers to oil overcharge refunds, see In Re Dept. of Energy Stripper Well Exemption Litigation, 853 F.2d 1579, 1584 (TECA 1988)
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma Law School, 1966-1967
Congressional Fellow, American Political Science Association, Office of Hon. Gerald R. Ford and U.S. Senator William Proxmire, 1968
Legislative Assistant and chief investigative aide to U.S. Senator William Proxmire, 1968-1972
Professorial Lecturer, American University Law School, 1972 -
Chairman, Board of Directors, Tax Analysts, 1972 - present
Member:
Order of the Coif
The District of Columbia Bar (Chairman, Consumers Affairs Committee, 1974-1975; Member, 1975-1978 and Chairman, 1977-1978, Steering Committee, Division of Antitrust and Consumer Affairs)
American Bar Association (Member: Subcommittee on Title Insurance, 1972-; Chairman, Subcommittee on Title Registration, 1982-3; Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law)
American Society of International Law (Member, Energy Task Force, 1975-1976)
Boston University Law School Alumni Association Board, President, Washington Chapter, 1992-3
Harvard Law School Association.
U. S. Supreme Court Cases:
DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno, No. 04-1704 (2006)(Of counsel to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, amicus)
Barclays Bank, PLC v. Franchise Tax Board & Colgate-Palmolive Co. v. Franchise Tax Board, 512 U.S. 298 (1994) (Filed two amici briefs, one on behalf of Congressmen Don Edwards, et al. and one of behalf of California Tax Reform Association, et al.)
Kraft Foods v. Iowa Dept. of Revenue, 505 U.S. 71 (1992) (Of counsel to the State and Local Legal Center, amicus)
Quill Corp. v. State of North Dakota, 504 U.S. 298 (1992) (Of counsel to the Multistate Tax Commission, amicus)
Franchise Tax Board v. Alcan Aluminium, Ltd., 493 U.S. 331 (1990) (Of counsel to the State and Local Legal Center, amicus)
Amerada Hess Corp. v. Director, Division of Taxation, 490 U.S. 66 (1989) (Of counsel to the State of New Jersey)
Goldberg v. Sweet, 488 U.S. 252 (1989) (Of counsel to the State and Local Legal Center, amicus)
Honors
One of Washingtonian Magazine’s Top Lawyers in Washington, D.C.
Who’s Who in American Law
Who’s Who in the World
Who’s Who in Finance and Business
Moot Court Judge, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition Finals, 2006-2007
National Association of Attorneys General, Moot Court Judge, 1990 - Present
Tax Analysts, a 501(c)(3), is the premiere current awareness tax publisher. It publishes Tax Notes, Daily Tax Notes, International Tax Notes, State Tax Notes, Financial Reporting Watch, etc. For more information see www.tax.org.
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