Martin Garbus (born August 8, 1934) is an American attorney. He has argued cases throughout the country involving first amendment, 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 in leading First Amendment cases. His cases have established precedents there and in other courts throughout the country. 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 J. Brennan as "probably the most important due process case in the Twentieth Century". An international observer in foreign elections, he was selected by President 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 Czechoslovak constitution. He also 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 a documentary film about his life and career. 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. He has represented dissidents in amongst other places such as China, Russia, Czechoslovakia, India, India, South Africa, and Taiwan.[1]
The Guardian called Garbus "one of the world’s finest trial lawyers" and the "founding partner of one of America’s most prestigious law firms".[2]The New York law Journal called him "one of America's finest criminal lawyers...a legendary criminal lawyer." In 2007, Business Week called him "legendary", "a ferocious lawyer who has received numerous media citations as one of America’s leading trial lawyers" and a "ferocious litigator".[3]Time magazine named him "legendary, one of the best trial lawyers in the country."[4]Fortune magazine called him, "One of the nation's premier First Amendment attorneys", and "legendary".[4] Reuters called him a "famed lawyer"[5] while other media have called him "America's most prominent First Amendment lawyer" with an "extraordinarily diverse practice" and "one of the country's top ten litigators." Super Lawyers Magazine[6] designated him as a Superlawyer. New York magazine and Los Angeles magazine have named him both as one of America's best trial lawyers, and one of America's best intellectual property lawyers.[7]
In 2023, several of Martin Garbus‘ high-profile, controversial cases were featured in “All the Court’s a Stage,” a series of dramatic adaptations by Susan Charlotte, directed by Antony Marsellis and presented by Food for Thought Productions. The series includes stories about Henrietta Wright, Salman Rushdie, Lenny Bruce, Samuel Beckett, Andrei Sakharov, and “Unlucky Gal".
^"Biography Overview | Martin Garbus, Trial Lawyer". Retrieved October 27, 2020.
^The Guardian, April 16, 1992
^Business Week, April 20, 2007
^ abArango, Tim (May 2, 2007). "Imus won't go quietly". Fortune. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
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proposal. Around the same time, Garbus presented a $100,000 bill after the $25,000 retainer had been accounted for. Garbus withdrew from the case and neither...
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appropriate to say you're off forever." Imus hired prominent attorney MartinGarbus by May 2, 2007, to pursue a wrongful termination lawsuit against CBS...
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Gallaudet University and advocate for the rights of the hearing impaired MartinGarbus (1955) – First Amendment attorney Paula Harper – art historian Florence...
therapist against fraud charges and he asked for $750 per hour in fees. MartinGarbus and Horowitz had mixed results on a case involving author Terry McMillan...
the 11th district Harriet Drummond (1969), Alaska state legislator MartinGarbus (1951), First Amendment lawyer Todd Gitlin (1959), writer, social critic...
represented Narco News while Giordano represented himself. Mendéndez hired MartinGarbus as his lawyer, although the court found that it did not have personal...
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including Marcus Buckingham, Christopher Byron, Ann Coulter, Fannie Flagg, MartinGarbus, Peggy Noonan, James Patterson, Liz Smith, John Stossel and Michael...
Imus and CBS to reach a settlement on the contract. On May 4, 2007, MartinGarbus, a lawyer for Imus, claimed that the broadcasters of the program could...
of 7 works (Daily News articles from August 13 to October 10, 1997). MartinGarbus, "The damage done by a 'Lucky Guy', The New York Times, April 2, 2013...
conscience must read and share" and that the stories "inspire us to act". MartinGarbus, writing in The New York Review of Books, praised it as an "unforgettable...
those responsible for the violation of his rights.” Donziger’s lawyer, MartinGarbus, stated that he would be using the group's report to demand Donziger’s...
spy Alger Hiss and convicted Soviet spy Robert Soblen. In the 1960s, MartinGarbus in her law firm counseled comedian Lenny Bruce. In 1968, she was admitted...
and Feld against Giordano's mostly volunteer lawyers", who included MartinGarbus and Tom Lesser, who had previously defended Hoffman and Amy Carter....
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