Background
Samuels, Leslie B. was born on November 10, 1942 in St. Louis. Son of Joseph E. and Dorothy J. (Bernstein) Samuels.
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Leslie B. Samuels
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Bachelor of Science in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1963; Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1966; postgraduate, London School Economics, 1966-1967.
Career
Worked at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. Admitted to the bar, 1969, New York. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1964-1966.
Author: "Federal Income Tax Consequences of Back-to-Back Loans and Currency Exchanges," Tax Lawyer, 1980. Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, United States. Treasury Department, 1993-1996.
Vice-Chair, Committee on Fiscal Affairs, OECD, 1994-1996. Member, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, 1994. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
New York State Bar Association.
Achievements
Membership
Director Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York City, 1981-1993. Active Carter-Mondale Transition Planning Group, Washington, 1976-1977. Member of New York State Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, Harvard Club(New York City).
Connections
Married Judith B. Thorn, June 19, 1966 (divorced August 1976). Children: Colin T., Polly B. Married Augusta H. Gross, November 8, 1980.
