Letters from Angel

Martin Levin, now counsel at New York City law firm Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, has decades of experience in law and publishing. After years at Grosset & Dunlap and Times-Mirror Book Company, and a term as chairman of the Association of American Publishers, he attended New York Law School at night, and was admitted to the New York bar at the age of 65. In June 1999, Mr. Levin received the highest award for lifetime achievement in publishing given by the Association of American Publishers. He has been a consultant to the Ford Foundation and led the effort in 1991 to create a Russian-language edition of Reader's Digest which continues to publish successfully. In his law practice, Mr. Levin represents sellers and buyers of businesses, and authors. In addition to his regular practice, Mr. Levin teaches publishing law at New York Law School, was a Fellow at Stanford Publishing Course for 32 years and is currently a Resident Fellow at the Yale University Publishing Course. He lives in Rye, New York.