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Bio

Leo Martinez is Albert Abramson Professor of Law Emeritus and a proud member of the UC Law SF Class of 1978. Following his graduation from UC Law SF, Professor Martinez met his military commitment as a member of the U.S. Army JAG Corps, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and built a private practice focused on tax issues with the San Francisco law firm of Howard Rice, et al. He joined the UC Law SF faculty in 1985 and served as UC Law SF鈥� Academic Dean for 12 years.

Professor Martinez returned to the classroom full-time in 2006, interrupted in the 2009/10 academic year when he served as UC Law SF鈥檚 Acting Chancellor and Dean. His teaching has included some combination of contracts, federal tax, tax policy, tax procedure, and insurance law. 听In addition, he has taught or lectured at more than 20 institutions in Europe, Asia, and South America.

Professor Martinez is a co-author of the West casebook on insurance law (soon to be in its ninth edition) and an editor of the four-volume treatise New Appleman Insurance Law and Practice Guide (Leo P. Martinez, Marc S. Mayerson & Douglas R. Richmond eds. LexisNexis 2021). He is the chair-elect of the ABA Council of the Section on Legal Education and 精东影业 to the Bar, the accrediting body for American Law Schools, and he is a commissioner of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, a regional accreditor.听 He is a member of the American Law Institute and he is a past President of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).

Outside of academia, Professor Martinez has been active in public service. He has chaired the boards of five different nonprofit organizations including KQED, Inc. (now Northern California Public Broadcasting); Public Advocates, a San Francisco-based public interest law firm; the St. Francis Hospital Foundation; Public Radio Capital, a nonprofit organization dedicated to broadening the reach of public broadcasting; and Public Media Venture Group, a consortium of 31 public television stations. He was a 10-year member of the board of CollegeTrack, a Bay Area-based organization which provides mentoring for high school students living in underserved areas.听 He has also served as a member of the Chancellor鈥檚 Club Advisory Board for the 精东影业 of Kansas, his alma mater.

In 2011, Public Advocates presented Professor Martinez with its highest award, the Voices of Conscience Award, for his leadership in the law and the public interest. He was the 2011 recipient of the annual Latino/a Law Professors Award by the Latino/a Law Professors Group for his 鈥渙utstanding contributions to the Latino/a community in general and Latino/a law professors in particular.鈥澨� He is an honorary fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel and he currently serves as a managing director at Andersen, the tax and financial services firm.

Scholarship

Books

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听(LexisNexis 2012 – 2022) (with Jeffrey E. Thomas, Marc S. Mayerson & Douglas R. Richmond).

Cases and Materials on Insurance Law听(West Academic 9th ed. 2021) (with Douglas R. Richmond).

听(West Academic 8th ed. 2018) (with Douglas R. Richmond).

听(Thomson/West 7th ed. 2013) (with Douglas R. Richmond).

Cases and Materials on Insurance Law听(Thomson/West 6th ed. 2010).

Cases and Materials on Insurance Law听(Thomson/West 5th ed. 2006) (with John W. Whelan).

Cases and Materials on General Practice Insurance Law听(West Group 4th ed. 2001) (with John W. Whelan).

Cases, Materials, and Problems on General Insurance Law听(West Pub. Co. 3d ed. 1994) (with Ken H. York & John W. Whelan).

Estate Planning for the Owners of Closely Held Corporations听(California Continuing Education of the Bar 1984) (with James A. Barringer).

Journal Articles

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The New EU Rules on Insurance Customer/Policyholder Protection Viewed against the NAIC Model Acts, 20听Global Jurist听20190039 (2020) (with Pierpaolo Marano).听

A Critique of Critical Tax Policy Critiques (Or, You’ve Got to Speak Out Against the Madness), 28听Berkeley La Raza L.J.听49 (2017).听听

Latinos and the Internal Revenue Code: Tax Policy Primer for the New Administration, 20听Harv. Latinx L. Rev.听101 (2017).听

Legal Education in a Modern World: Evolution at Work, 9听Charleston L. Rev.听267 (2015).听

Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance and the Duty to Settle, 68听Rutgers U. L. Rev.听155 (2015).听

Toward A More Perfect Union?: The Dangers of Conflating Progress and Equality, 45听Sw. L. Rev.听101 (2015).听

A Unified Theory of Insurance Risk, 74听U. Pitt. L. Rev.听713 (2014).听

Curriculum Developments in American Law Schools in the Twenty鈥揊irst Century, 3听China-EU L.J.听43 (2014).听

Structural Impediments to Tax Reform: The Environment as Case Study, 14听Fla. Tax Rev.听45 (2013).听听

The Allocation of Costs in Multi-Insurer Cases Spanning Multiple Years: The Deceptively Simple Problem of Defense Costs,听New Appleman on Ins.: Current Critical Issues in Ins. Law听53 (Fall 2012).

The Internal Revenue Code and Latino Realities: A Critical Perspective, 22听U. Fla. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y听377 (2011) (with Jennifer M. Martinez).听

Tax Policy, Rational Acts, and Other Myths, 40听Loy. U. Chi. L.J.听297 (2009).听

The Uneasy Relationship Between the CISG and U.S. Contract Law, 2009听Nihon Univ. Comp. L.听11 (2009) (invited lecture at Nihon 精东影业, Tokyo).

Coverage Advice: The Missing Piece of the听Cumis听Puzzle, 44听Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J.听63 (Fall 2008) (invited presentation).听

Insurance, The State, and Aging: An American Perspective, 7听Die Versicherung des Alterns听13 (2008) (invited paper presented at the Kompetenzzentrum Versicherungwisssenschaften, a European Insurance Institute in Goettingen, Germany).

Tax Legislation and Democratic Discourse: The Rhetoric of Revenue and Politics, 4听Nev. L.J.听510 (2004) (invited paper presented at 精东影业 of Nevada, William S. Boyd School of Law).听

The Trouble with Taxes: Fairness, Tax Policy, and the Constitution, 31听Hastings Const. L.Q.听413 (2004) (invited paper presented at Tulane 精东影业 School of Law).听

Classic Insurance Law in a Postmodern World, 2听Nev. L.J.听403 (2002) (invited paper).听

Toward A Statistical Profile of Latina/os in the Legal Profession, 13听Berkeley La Raza L.J.听59 (2002) (with Miguel A. M茅ndez).听

Dedication to Professor Ray Forrester, 28听Hastings Const. L.Q.听at xxix (2001).听

The Marriage of Intellectual Property and Insurance Law: An Introduction, 8听Conn. Ins. L.J.听1 (2001) (symposium introduction).听

“To Lay and Collect Taxes”: The Constitutional Case for Progressive Taxation, 18听Yale L. & Pol’y Rev.听111 (1999).听听

The Summons Power and the Limits of Theory: A Reply to Professor Hyman, 71听Tul. L. Rev.听1705 (1997).听听

Julian Levi Memorial, 48听Hastings L.J.听3 (1996) (speech).听

Of Fairness and Might: The Limits of Sovereign Power to Tax After听Winstar, 28听Ariz. St. L.J.听1193 (1996).听

Babies, Bathwater, and Law Reviews, 47听Stan. L. Rev.听1139 (1995).听

In Memoriam: Professor Warren Shattuck, 47听Hastings L.J.听1 (1995).听

Of Michelangelo and Roscoe Barrow, 16听Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J.听426 (1994).听

Taxes, Morals, and Legitimacy, 1994听BYU L. Rev.听521 (1994).听

The Summons Power and Tax Court Discovery: A Different Perspective, 13听Va. Tax Rev.听731 (1994).听

Federal Tax Amnesty: Crime and Punishment Revisited, 10听Va. Tax Rev.听535 (1991).听

Tax Collection and Populist Rhetoric: Shifting the Burden of Proof in Tax Cases, 39听Hastings L.J.听239 (1988) (reprinted in听Monthly Dig. Tax Articles, Dec. 1988, at 12).听

Estate Planning for the Owners of Closely Held Businesses鈥擵aluation Considerations, 6听Est. Plan. & Calif. Prob. Rep.听121 (1985).

Chapters In Books

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Cyber Risks: Three Basic Structural Issues to Resolve听InsurTech: A Legal and Regulatory View听211 (Pierpaolo Marano & Kyriaki Noussia, Springer 2020).

Taxation and Latinos, in听OXFORD BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN LATINO STUDIES听0 (Ilan Stavans ed., Oxford Univ. Press 2017).

The Inscrutability of U.S. Tax Policy and Environmental Tax Reform, in听Market Instruments and Sustainable Economy听___ (Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Ambientales 2011).

Inter Vivos and Testamentary Trusts, in听1 Estate Planning Practice听127 (California Continuing Education of the Bar 1987).

Short Term Shifts of Income: Clifford Trusts and Crown Loans, in听Planning and Drafting Irrevocable Trusts听___ (California Continuing Education of the Bar 1983).

Book Reviews

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Toward Tax Reform That Mirrors Our Better Selves, 47听Hastings Const. L.Q.听467 (2020) (reviewing听Anthony C. Infanti, Our Selfish Tax Laws (2018)).听

Newspaper & Magazine Articles

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KQED and the Mondavi Controversy,听S. F. Chron., Dec. 27, 1996, at A23.听

If No One Reads Law Reviews, Why are They So Important?,听L.A. Daily J., Dec. 22, 1995, at 6.听

Education

• 精东影业 of California College of the Law, San Francisco
  J.D., Law 1978

• 精东影业 of Southern California
  M.Sc., Systems Management 1975

• The 精东影业 of Kansas
  B.Sc., Engineering Physics 1971

Accomplishments

• Voices of Conscience Award
  Awarded by Public Advocates. 2015

• Voices of Conscience Award
  Awarded by Public Advocates. 2015

• Latino/a Law Professors Award
  Awarded by the Latino/a Law Professors Group. 2011