Martin Garbus

Martin Garbus
Martin Garbus
Born	United States
Alma mater	Hunter College New York University Law School
Occupation	Attorney, author, teacher
Children	Liz Garbus, Cassandra Garbus

Martin Garbus is an American attorney. He has argued cases throughout the country involving constitutional, criminal, copyright, and intellectual property law. He has appeared before the United States Supreme Court as well as trial and appellate courts throughout the United States. He has argued and written briefs that have been submitted to the United States Supreme Court; a number of which have resulted in changes in the law on a nationwide basis,including one described by Justice William Brennan as "probably the most important due process case in the Twentieth Century". An international observer in foreign elections, he was selected by Pres. Jimmy Carter to observe and report on the elections in Venezuela and Nicaragua. Garbus also participated in drafting several constitutions and foreign laws, including the Czechoslovakian constitution. He has been involved in prisoner exchange negotiations between governments. He is the author of six books and over 30 articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times. Shouting Fire is an award winning documentary film about his life and career. A Fulbright scholar, he received the Fulbright Award for his work on International Human Rights in 2010. In 2014, University College Dublin's Literary and Historical Society honored Garbus with the James Joyce Award for Excellence in Law. The same year Trinity College awarded him for his human rights and free speech work.

Garbus graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1951. He earned his undergraduate degree at Hunter College in 1955 and his Juris Doctor from New York University Law School. During that time he drove a taxi for two years in New York and worked at The Ford assembly line in Tarrytown, New York. He thereafter attended Columbia University as a master’s candidate in economics, at The New School as a master’s candidate in English and at New York University Law School as a master’s candidate in law. He wrote for the New York University Law Review. He was admitted in New York, and six other states and federal appeals courts, to the United States Supreme Court Bar in 1963.

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