Robert E. Bauman, JD, is a member of the District of Columbia bar and a former state senator and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland. He is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the GU Law Center. He serves as legal counsel to The Sovereign Society and is editor of its daily e-letter, The Sovereign Society Offshore A-Letter. He is the author of The Gentleman from Maryland (Hearst Book Publishing, NY 1985); How to Lawyer-Proof Your Life (Shot Tower Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1995); The Complete Guide to Offshore Residency, Dual Citizenship and Second Passports (The Sovereign Society, 2004); co-author of The Offshore Money Manual (The Sovereign Society, 2002); editor of Forbidden Knowledge (The Sovereign Society, 2003); and author of Where to Stash Your Cash Legally: Tax Havens of the World (The Sovereign Society, 2004). His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, National Review, and other publications.