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| Main BioPersonal BioCareer Highlights | Martin Appel specializes in advising clients in business structuring, acquisition and financing, with an emphasis on federal income and estate taxation. He has worked extensively in the real estate field in a variety of real estate projects. Martin is an expert in REIT organization, mergers, UPREIT issues, tax advice and foreign investment in REITs and unrelated business taxable income. I am proudest of my charitable organization work.
The word that best describes me is ‘integrity.’
- Tax ruling on conversion of co-ops to condos
- Pioneered public offering of independent production companies
- Wrote over 120 opinions on UBIT issues regarding investment by pension plans in real estate
- Editor and contributor to various articles published in the New York Law Journal, Southern California Tax Institute, Practicing Law Institute and CPA Society
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| Education | J.D., 1956, Northwestern University School of Law B.S., 1953, magna cum laude, Northwestern University CPA, IL, 1953; CA 1959 | | Practices / Industries | Taxation, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates, Corporate
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- State Bar of California, Chairman, Subcommittee of Income Tax Section, 1975-76
- State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, Certified Specialist, Taxation Law
- President, Motion Picture and Television Tax Institute, 1994- Present
- Commissioner, Internal Revenue Advisory Committee, 1983-84
- Member, President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Executive Committee, 1985-89
- President, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, 1989-93
- Gubernatorial Appointment to the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities, President, 2002-03
- Several publications in Southern California Tax Institute, NYU Tax Institute, PLI and others
- Phi Alpha Delta
- Beta Alpha Psi
| | Bar Admissions | State Bar of California State Bar of Illinois U.S. Tax Court Federal Courts |
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