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George is AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 Rated personal injury litigator by Martindale Hubbell. He is the recipient of the Kern County Bar Association’s 1996 Bench & Bar Award. He obtained his B.A. degree from California State University, Sacramento, and his J.D. from the University of California, Davis, School of Law. He is still keenly interested in education, having served as Dean of California Pacific School of Law, was Chairman of California State University, Bakersfield, Foundation’s Board of Directors, and is the founder and organizer of the Bakersfield Business Conference.

George has mediated and arbitrated large complex cases and simple...

GEORGE 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...

Mr. George is the principal attorney of the firm. He has a strong sense of social service and is a founding member and former Chairman of Crimestoppers Trinidad and Tobago, a nationwide initiative to reduce the spate and rate of crime in our twin islands. It is a project with which the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Commerce and the Bankers Association of Trinidad and Tobago are closely aligned.

Martin George Prego was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated with honors in 1997 with a dual bachelor's degree in Political Science and International Relations from Universidad Del Salvador ("USAL") in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Martin was awarded two semesters at the University of Miami under the International Exchange Program, where he took undergraduate and graduate courses in international business. In 2018, Martin received a Juris Doctor from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. Martin received a certificate from Mitchell Hamline Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute in Advocacy and Problem Solving.
Martin started his career at Merrill...