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Principal at the firm Golbert & Associates
Areas of Practice
International Business(15%); Taxation(50%); Trade(25%); General Business(10%)
Admitted
1957, Colorado; 1958, California; 1964, U.S. Supreme Court; 1970, Michigan
Law School
University of Denver, LL.B., 1956; University of Michigan, LL.M., 1964
College
University of Southern California, B.S., 1954; Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, D.Sc., Jur. Cand., 1968
Membership
American Society of International Law (Co-Chairperson, Membership Committee, 1982-1984); American Bar Association (Member, Board of Editors, 1975-1976 and Assistant Editor-In-Chief, 1976-1983, "The International Lawyer;" Liaison, International Law and Taxation Sections, 2002-2006). He is: (i) a founding member of the Committee on International Practice of the Business Law Section (1986-87) and of the Section of International Law (Member of the Executive Committee, 1987-90, Treasurer, 1989-90, Advisor, 1990-93 and Advisor Emeritus, 1993-) of the State Bar of California; (ii) a member of the International Tax Committee (1991-), Member of the Executive Committee (1995-98), Vice Chair of the Executive Committee (1997-98), Chair, Standards of Tax Practice Committee (1998-00) and Chair, Tax Practice, Policy and Legislation Committee (2000-2002) of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of California; (iii) a past Chair (1984-85) and since member ex officio of the Executive Committee of the Section of International Law of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and past Chair of the Association's Pacific Rim Committee (1989-91); (iv) past Chair of the Foreign Tax Committee, member of the Executive Committee (1989-1995) and past Chair (1993-94) of the Section of Taxation of the Los Angeles County Bar Association; and (v) member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Bar Foundation (1999-2005).
Biography
Recipient, Dana Latham Award, 2000, for lifetime achievement and commitment to the Los Angeles County Tax Bar. Listed: Best Lawyers in America, Taxation 2006-2008 and International Trade and Finance Law 2007-2009; Southern California Super Lawyers, Taxation, 2006-2008 and International Trade Law, 2007-2009. Co-Author: "Latin American Laws and Institutions," Praeger, N.Y., 1982; "Problems and Materials on International Trade and Investment," UCLA Press, 1973. Author: International Operations Handbook (Ed.), Fed. Publications, Inc., 1972. Professor of Law, 1970-1976 and Adjunct Professor of Law, 1976-1984, Southwestern University. Lecturer in law: University of Southern California, 1984-2002; Whittier Law School, 1991-1994; Loyola Law School, 1992-1996. Instructor in Multi-National Enterprises and Law in International Business, University of California at Los Angeles, 1972-1977. Founding Member and Vice President, 1986-1988 and Chairman of the Board, 1988, The Los Angeles Center for International Commercial Arbitration.
Military
Captain, USAF Res. JAGD, 1958-1961 Active Duty
Languages: French, German and Italian
Reported Cases
After practicing for ten years in Europe and the Middle East and two years in Africa and the Far East (where he was, inter alia, counsel to Chrysler in its acquisitions of control of or joint venture interests in, respectively, Rootes Motors, Ltd. in the United Kingdom, Simca Automobiles in France, Stanley Motors in Johannesburg, Rootes Ltd. in Melbourne and Mitsubishi Motor Industries in Japan), he returned to California in 1970.
Born
Colorado, November 26, 1932
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