Background
Odell, Herbert was born on October 20, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Selma (Kramer) Odell.
Odell, Herbert was born on October 20, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Selma (Kramer) Odell.
University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Science, 1959). University of Miami Law School (Bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, 1962). Harvard University (Master of Laws, Ford Fellow, 1963).
Worked at Zapruder & Odell (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) specializing in Federal Tax Practice. Domestic and International Tax Planning, Civil and Criminal Administrative Practice and Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Florida.
1968, Pennsylvania.
Editor-in-Chief, University of Miami Law Review. Author: "What Constitutes a Change in Business Within the Confines of Section 382(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954," 16 University Miami L.Rev. "Purchase by Redemption, A Proposed Solution to the Taxation of the Remaining Shareholder," 17 University Miami L.Rev.
"Assessments: What Are They--Ordinary? Immediate? Jeopardy?" 31 NYU Institute on Federal Taxation, 1495. "Deductibility of Greenmail Payments," Tax Management Memoranda, Volume 31, No. 23, p. 327. Adjunct Professor: University of Miami, 1977-1981.
Villanova Law School, 1983-1985. Trial Attorney, United States. Department of Justice, 1963-1965.
Zapruder & Odell consists of eleven senior tax professionals and three associates in three offices located in Washington, D.C., suburban Philadelphia and London. The firm has a traditional tax specialty practice in domestic and international tax planning and tax controversy with additional, specialized expertise in tax planning for Western European and North American multinational corporations.
Member American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Beta Alpha Psi.
Married Valerie Odell. Children: Wesley, Jonathan, James, Sarah, Samuel.