Martin Atlas was a well known tax lawyer. He worked at the CA fritz Foundation from 1948-1993, serving as its president at one point. He received his law degree from George Washington University in 1945. He was also an attorney-economist at the United States Department of the Treasury from 1936-1947. He was also a consultant to the Secretary for the Interior from 1950-1951. He has written many books on tax law, including "Handbook of Tax Techniques". He was also a professorial lecturer at American University, the University of Hawaii at Honolulu, the New York Institute on Federal Taxation, the Wisconsin Tax Institute, and the Tulane Tax Institute.