Of Counsel

Alvin C. Martin, of counsel concentrates his practice in income tax and estate planning, and federal and state tax litigation, including New York domicile audits and hearings.

Alvin, who was formerly an adjunct professor of taxation at New York University and an IRS trial attorney, has lectured at numerous tax and estate planning seminars, including seminars sponsored by the New York University Annual Institute on Federal Taxation, New York University Institute on Federal Taxation-Trusts and Estates Program, the New Jersey Bar Association Section of Taxation, the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, conferences of CPA organizations and estate planning councils.

He is the co-author of New Jersey Estate Planning, Will Drafting and Estate Administration (LEXIS Law Publishing); Chapter 222, “Irrevocable Inter Vivos Trusts.”  New Jersey Transaction Guide (Matthew Bender); and “The Receipt of Money or Other Property By One or More Reorganization Sellers,” 40th New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, Chapter 51 (1982).  He was a member of the advisory board of RIA’s Wealth Transfer Planning and an editor of the Journal of Taxation.

Alvin graduated from Baruch College (formerly City College) of the City University of New York (bachelor's degree, cum laude, 1954), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1957), and New York University School of Law (LL.M. in taxation, 1963).  He is licensed to practice in the states of New Jersey, Florida and New York and is a fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, an honorary organization whose fellows include leading estate planning attorneys.  He is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law.  He was honored as the recipient of the 2004 Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award from Baruch College.

Alvin was a partner of the firm from 1977 to 1988 when he became of counsel, and prior thereto he was executive vice-president and a director of Vornado, Inc. (NYSE), now Vornado Realty Trust.