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Martin D. Ginsburg
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Martin Ginsburg and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at a White House event, 2009
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Martin David Ginsburg
June 10, 1932 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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| Died | June 27, 2010 (aged 78) Washington, DC, U.S.
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard Law School Cornell University |
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| Awards | 2006 American Bar Association Tax Section's Distinguished Service Award Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel Honoree, Martin D. Ginsburg Chair at GULC SNYU, Outstand Achiev Awd Martin Abzug Good Guy Awd 1996 Marshall-Wythe Medallion, Coll. of William and Mary Sch. Law |
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| Institutions | Georgetown University Law Center |
| Influenced | David Schizer |
Martin David Ginsburg (born June 10, 1932 – died June 27, 2010) was an American lawyer. He was known for his work in tax law. He was also the husband of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who became a famous Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Martin Ginsburg taught law at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.. He also worked as a lawyer for a big law firm called Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.
Early Life and Education
Martin Ginsburg was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Evelyn and Morris Ginsburg. His father was an executive at a department store. Martin grew up in Rockville Centre, Long Island. He went to South Side High School. His family was Jewish.
Martin went to Cornell University and earned a bachelor's degree in 1953. He was a great player on Cornell's golf team. After one year of law school, he married Joan Ruth Bader in 1954. She had just graduated from Cornell.
That same year, Martin was called to active duty in the Army Reserve. He was an ROTC officer. He was stationed at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. He had studied chemistry before law school. In 1956, he went back to Harvard Law School. His wife, Ruth, also started at Harvard Law School. During his third year at Harvard, Martin had two operations and radiation for cancer treatment. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1958 with high honors.
Career as a Lawyer
After law school, Martin Ginsburg joined a law firm called Weil, Gotshal & Manges in 1958. He became a licensed lawyer in New York in 1959. Later, he was also licensed in Washington, D.C. in 1980.
Martin taught law at several universities. He was a part-time teacher at New York University Law School from 1967 to 1979. He was also a visiting professor at Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School. From 1979 until his death in 2010, he was a full-time professor at Georgetown Law Center.
In 1971, Martin's law firm helped Ross Perot with a business issue. Martin and Perot became good friends. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter nominated Martin's wife, Ruth, to be a judge. Martin reached out to Perot and other friends to help Ruth get approved by the Senate.
In 1984, Martin solved some difficult tax problems. This helped General Motors buy Perot's company, Electronic Data Systems. In 1986, Ross Perot created a special teaching position at Georgetown. It was named the Martin Ginsburg chair in taxation.
Family Life
Martin Ginsburg married Ruth Bader on June 23, 1954. They decided to pursue their careers in law together. They both studied at Harvard Law School.
They had two children: Jane Carol Ginsburg (born in 1955) and James Steven Ginsburg (born in 1965). Martin often shared how proud he was of Ruth's achievements. He would say that Ruth made the Law Review at Harvard, and he did not.
Even though Ruth had many successes, Martin was also a very successful tax lawyer. They supported each other and kept a good balance in their lives. Martin once said, "We had nearly two whole years far from school, far from career pressures and far from relatives, to learn about each other and begin to build a life." They both did very well in their own fields. Martin liked to joke that he was very lucky to be part of an amazing journey by marrying Ruth, especially on her way to the Supreme Court.
Later Years
Martin David Ginsburg passed away from cancer on June 27, 2010. Because he was an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. When Justice Ginsburg died in 2020, she was laid to rest next to her husband at Arlington.
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