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George Martin

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Toll Free: 888-722-6671
Phone: 215-587-8400
Fax: 215-587-8417

1818 Market Street
35th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

George Martin is the founding and current managing partner of The Workers' Compensation Firm - Martin, Banks, Pond, Lehocky & Wilson. A graduate of New York University School of Law, Mr. Martin is active in the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, where he served on the Board of Governors for nine years. He was the first chair of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Workers' Compensation Section.

A past President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, and the first workers' compensation attorney to serve in the position, Mr. Martin remains a life member of their Board of Governors. He is currently the President-Elect of the American Association of Justice Workers' Compensation Section.  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 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 and has lectured on behalf of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, and numerous other organizations. He is co-author of the 1990, 1992, 1994 and 1996 editions of Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedure, published by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He is listed in "Best Lawyers in America" since 1997 and was selected as a Pennsylvania "Super Lawyer" every year the selections were held.  He placed in the Top 100 "Super Lawyers" in both Philadelphia And Pennsylvania in 2006 and 2007.

Education

J.D., New York University School of Law, 1971

A.B., University of Delaware

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Pennsylvania, 1974

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

American Association of Justice
President-Elect, Workers' Compensation Section, 2007-2008

Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
Board of Governors

Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
Board of Governors

Philadelphia Bar Association
Board of Governors

Pennsylvania Bar Association
Former Co-Chair, Workers' Compensation Section

Born

December 4, 1946 in Philadelphia, PA