Background
Levin, Martin P. was born on December 20, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry and Sarah (Chaimovitz) Levin.
Levin, Martin P. was born on December 20, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry and Sarah (Chaimovitz) Levin.
Bachelor of Science, Temple University, 1950. Postgraduate (personnel Council fellow), 1950. Juris Doctor, New York Law School, 1983.
Worked at Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, Professional Corporation (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice. General Civil, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Litigation before all State and Federal Courts and Trademark Tribunals. Trials and Appeals, Trademark, Copyright, Patent, Unfair Competition and Licensing, Commercial and Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate and Financing, Taxation, Estate Planning, Trusts and Estates, Creditors and Debtors Rights, Publishing, Libel, Computer Law, International Law, Matrimonial Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1984, New New York
Author: "Be Your Own Literary Agent," Ten Speed Press, 1995. "Soviet CopyrightDream or Nightmare," Bulletin of Copyright Society, 1983.
"The Marketing of BooksA National Priority for the Eighties," Library Trends, 1984. "A New Guide to Negotiating the Author-Publisher Contract," Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal, Volume 6, Number.
2, 1988; "Negotiating Rights Under Perestroika," Scholarly Publishing, Volume 21, Number.
2, January 1990. "The Positive Role of Large Corporations in United States. Publishing," Logos, Volume 7, Issue 1, 1996.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Benjamin North. Cardozo School of Law, 1984.
"Doing Business with Soviet Publishers: an American View," Logos, Volume 1, Number. 2, February, 1990. Adjunct Professor: New York Law School, 1987. Pace University Graduate School, 1988.
Stetson Law School, 1992.
Lecturer, Stanford University, 1980. Member, Board of Overseers, Harvard University Press, 1984.
Chairman, Association of American Publishers, 1981-1982. Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, Professional Corporation, located in the heart of midtown Manhattan, was established in 1957, and has grown to a firm of more than 40 lawyers.
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Trustee William Alanson White Institute. Chairman Association American Book Publications, 1982. With Army of the United States, 1944-1945.
Member Association American Publications (chairman, director executive committee), Publications Lunch Club (past president), Friars Club, Dutch Treat Club.
Married Marcia Obrasky, April 2, 1939. Children: Jeremy, Wendy, Hugh Lauter.