Education

Law School/Year: Harvard Law School, 1991

College/Year: Dartmouth College, 1988

Bar Admissions

California, 1992

Practice Areas

Appellate, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, Legal Malpractice

Major Cases

Last year, Professor Martin assisted in the successful briefing and argument of LaRue v. DeWolff, Boburg & Associates, 128 S.Ct. 1020 (2008), an ERISA benefits case, and participated in a number of other additional appellate cases in the Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeal. During the past decade, Professor Martin has briefed and argued a wide variety of trial and appellate cases on matters of public and private interest.

Professional Background

Martin graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1991, clerked on the Ninth Circuit from 1991 to 1992, worked in Los Angeles for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Oliver from 1992 to 1995, and has been a full-time professor at the University of San Diego School of Law since 1995. Martin’s scholarly and teaching interests include civil procedure, professional responsibility, constitutional law and criminal law.

Personal Background

Martin is married to Professor Sandra Rierson, who teaches at Thomas Jefferson Law School, and they have three children: Sierra (6), Jack (4) and Charles (1). Martin also authors a widely read appellate blog called the California Appellate Report, www.calapp.blogspot.com, which contains a daily discussion of interesting appellate cases from the Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeal.