Sheldon V. Ekman

Sheldon Victor Ekman (March 12, 1920 – January 21, 1982) was an American attorney and tax law expert who served as a judge of the United States Tax Court from 1980 to 1982.

Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, Ekman received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1939, followed by a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1942. He served in the United States Navy in World War II, from 1942 to 1945, attaining the rank of lieutenant.

He was a trial attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, in New York City, from 1945 to 1950. He then enterered private practice as a tax principal with S. D. Leidesdorf & Co., also in New York, from 1950 to 1969. Two years after his appointment to the Tax Court, Ekman died from a heart attack at the age of 61, while on judicial assignment in Philadelphia.