Charles Howard Martin

1952 - 2022

Martin

Charles Howard Martin

(1952-2022)

Charles Howard Martin, J.D., M.B.A., of Washington, DC was born on November 13, 1952, and passed away on April 3, 2022 of metastatic prostate cancer in Washington, DC. Youngest child of Washingtonians Col. John T. Martin, Jr. and Hestlene B. Martin, Charles was named after the patriarch of the family. He graduated from The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) and Cum Laude from Harvard College with a degree in Economics. He went on to receive his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) and his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Charles had a long, distinguished career practicing law for private, government, and corporate clients, and taught as a full-time professor of contracts, sales law, and international law at law schools in the U.S. and abroad. He was a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Florida Bar, and the author of two books: Lawyerball: The Courtroom Battle of the Orioles Against the Nationals and MLB For the Future of Baseball (2016), and Every1's Guide to Electronic Contracts (2014). A brilliant thinker, a gifted writer, an avid traveler, and a skilled skier, he was happiest spending time in Brazil, listening to jazz, and being with family.



Charles was predeceased by his parents; his brothers Capt. John T. Martin III, and Alan G. Martin, M.D.; and his beloved sister and "best bud," Theresa M. Roberson. He is survived by his sister Joan M. Teaiwa of Suva, Fiji; his beloved nieces Katerina Teaiwa, PhD of Canberra, Australia, Maria Teaiwa-Rutherford, M.D. of Westchester, New York, Amaya Roberson of Washington, DC; and his first cousin Patricia Talbert Smith of Rockville, MD; and their families, as well as by cherished friends he made throughout the world.



A service will be held at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Silver Spring, MD on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 1 p.m.