Background
Roberts, Sidney I. was born on November 29, 1913 in Brooklyn. Son of David I. and Ray (Bleicher) Robinovitz.
Roberts, Sidney I. was born on November 29, 1913 in Brooklyn. Son of David I. and Ray (Bleicher) Robinovitz.
College of the City of New York (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1935). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1938).
Worked at Roberts & Holland Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in Federal, State and International Tax Practice, Related Litigation in Federal and State Courts, Estate Planning, Trusts, Probate, Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and International Business. Admitted to the bar, 1938, New New York 1958, District of Columbia.
Editor: Harvard Law Review, 1936-1938.
Roberts & Holland Collection, Legislative History of United States Tax Conventions, 1986. Company-author: "United States Income Taxation of Foreign Corporations and Nonresident Aliens," Practising Law Institute and International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1966.
Company-Editor: Roberts & Holland, "Annotated Tax Forms, Practice and Procedure," Third Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1969-1988. Certified Public Accountant, New York, 1942.
President, United States of America Branch, 1971-1973 and Member, Executive Committee, 1971-1977, International Fiscal Association.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, 1971-1978. Consultant, American Law Institute Federal Income Tax Project, International Aspects of United States. Income Taxation, 1982-1991.
Member: Advisory Council, International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1970.
Foreign Tax Advisory Board, Tax Management, Incorporated., 1976. Trustee, National Center for Automated Information Retrieval, 1978-1987.
Member: New York State (Member, Executive Committee, Tax Section, 1968-1987), American (Member of Council, Tax Section, 1970-1973) and International Bar Associations. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Tax Committee, 1963-1964).
Roberts & Holland concentrates its practice in tax matters.
With offices in New York City and Washington, District of Columbia, Roberts & Holland is the largest law firm in the nation engaged exclusively in tax planning and tax controversy work. By reason of its broad experience in every major area of tax practice, including international, federal, and state and local tax matters, Roberts & Holland has developed a national reputation for solving complex and difficult tax planning problems, and for litigating major tax disputes.
Member International Bar Association, American Bar Association (section on taxation, council director 1970-1973, Chairman of Commission on cooperation with state and local bar associations 1968-1970,Chairman of Commission on taxation of foreign income 1963-1964), New York State Bar Association(tax section Executive Committee 1967-1987, Chairman of Commission on tax section planning 1968-1970, Chairman of Commission on tax policy 1970-1972), Association of Bar of City of New York, New York State Society Certified Public Accountant's, International Fiscal Association (member Executive Committee 1972-1977, president United States of America branch 1972-1973).
Married Arlene Lee Aron, June 4, 1961. 1 son, Russell Lewis.