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Practice & Clients

Martin Garbus’ reputation as one of the country’s top attorneys is confirmed by his long and impressive list of clients; Daniel Ellsberg, Vaclav Havel, Andrei Sakharov, Nelson Mandela’s African National Conference, Salmon Rushdie “Satanic Verses”, Reporters the New York Times, Leoonard Peltier, convicted of Murder, for Clemency application to President Obama, Metropolitan Opera, Museum of Modern Art, Pace Gallery, PBS, Channel 4 in England, Brooklyn Museum Of Art, Penguin Books, Lenny Bruce, Al Pacino, Robert Redford, Nancy Reagan, Spike Lee, Samuel Beckett, Philip Roth, Paramount Films, Michael Bloomberg, Harvey Weinstein, and Miramax. Mr. Garbus has also been appointed the attorney/executor/trustee for several high-profile estates, including those of Igor Stravinsky, John Cheever, Julian Assange, Marilyn Monroe, and Margaret Mitchell. Recently, Mr. Garbus represented Eric Corley in the first copyright case, a landmark case of the internet era, tried under the new Digital Millennium Copyright Act. As part of his remarkably diversified practice he has represented Prisoners of Conscience throughout the world. “Shouting Fire” is an award winning documentary film about his life and career.

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