Professional of the Year - Law/Employee Benefits

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David Paul Martin

Title: Attorney
Industry: Legal
Type of Organization: Private Law Firm
Major Product/Service: Legal services including employee benefit matters and employee representation
Expertise: With over 17 years experience representing employees in employee benefit matters, Mr. Martin's principal areas of practice are long and short term disability, pension and retirement benefits, life insurance and medical benefits.
Geographic Area of Distribution: Alabama, Mississippi
Affiliations: Alabama State Bar Association; Tuscaloosa County Bar Association; 11 Circuit Courts of Appeals; Northern, Middle and Southern District of Alabama Federal Court Bars
University/Degree: B.S., University of Houston, Clear Lake, 1987; J.D., University of Alabama, 1992
Born: April 26, 1961, Tampa, Florida
Hobbies/Sports: Landscaping, trumpet and bass guitar, South American Cichlid aquarium
Spouse: Dawn Chisum Martin
Children: Benjamin, Nathan, Victoria, Julia
Work History: Mr. Martin worked with McElvy & Ford from 1990 to 2003, later known as Ford, Martin, Abernathy, where he continued practicing law until 2006. Mr. Martin has had his own firm since 2007.
Honors & Awards: "Super Lawyers", State of Alabama
Published Works: Several journal articles in "The Journal of Legal Professionals", "National Black Law Journal" and "Alabama Lawyer"
Career Accomplishments: Mr. Martin served on the Board of Directors for Focus on Senior Citizens and is a speaker at various Continuing Legal Education functions. He served on the Alabama State Bar Mediation Task Force and has been a Teacher and Director of small groups for the Emmanuel Baptist Church since 2000.