George Martin
Martin LawGEORGE MARTIN is the founding partner of Martin Law and practices exclusively in the area of workers’ compensation law since 1979. In 2012, Mr. Martin was appointed by the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) as the workers’ compensation panel attorney to represent players on the Philadelphia Eagles. He was also appointed as a panel attorney for the Professional Hockey Players Association (PHPA). In the spring of 2013, Mr. Martin became a certified specialist in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation by the PA Bar Association’s Section on Workers’ Compensation Law as authorized by the PA Supreme Court. Mr. Martin is active in the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ), where he served on the Board of Governors for nine years. A past President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the first workers’ compensation attorney to serve in the position, Mr. Martin remains a life member of their Board of Governors. He was also the first chair of the PAJ Workers’ Compensation Section. Mr. Martin served as President of the American Association of Justice Workers’ Compensation Section in 2008. He served as Co-Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association in 1995 and served on the Board of Governors as the first representative of the Section in 1996 and 1997. He has served as a Council Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section since 1987 and has served as their Chairperson, Chair-Elect, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Martin devotes considerable time to Continuing Legal Education (CLE) and has lectured on behalf of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations, the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, and numerous other organizations. He is coauthor of the 1990, 1992, 1994 and 1996 editions of Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Practice and Procedure, published by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
- Workers' Compensation
- Free Consultation
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Contingent Fees
20%
- Pennsylvania
- English: Spoken, Written
- Founding Partner
- Martin Law
- - Current
- In 1979, George Martin opened his own firm with one clear goal: to defend and protect injured workers. Today, Martin Law is one of the few firms in Pennsylvania that restricts its practice to workers' compensation, and we are one of the largest firms in the state that only represents injured workers.
- New York University School of Law
- J.D. | Law
- University of Delaware
- A.B. (1968)
- Workers' Compensation Panel Member of the Year
- Professional Hockey Players Association
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Top 100 in Pennsylvania
- Super Lawyers
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- George Martin has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer since 2004.
- Best Lawyer
- Best Lawyers in America
- George Martin has been listed named a Best Lawyer since 1995.
- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
- Board of Governors
- Current
- Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group
- Board Member
- Current
- NFL Players Association
- Philadelphia Eagles Panel Attorney
- - Current
- Professional Hockey Players Association
- Panel Attorney
- - Current
- The College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers
- Fellow
- - Current
- Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedure (Co-Author)
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedure (Co-Author)
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedure (Co-Author)
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedure (Co-Author)
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Certified Specialist
- Pennslyvania Bar Association