Professor of Law
- JD, 1991, Harvard University
- AB, 1988, Dartmouth College
Areas of Expertise
Professional Responsibility, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Legal Ethics, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mortgage Securitization, Civil Litigation
Professional Experience
Martin clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit and practiced law at Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Oliver in Los Angeles. He joined the USD School of Law faculty in 1995.
Honors and Affiliations
Martin graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review and as a general editor of Harvard University’s Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review and received the Sears Prize. He was USD’s Herzog Endowed Scholar in 2007 and received USD’s Thorsnes Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 1999 and 2006. Martin was appointed by the State Bar of California to serve on the Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct and by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to serve on its Advisory Rules Committee.
Scholarly Work
- Legal Winners and Losers in the Mortgage Crisis, 24 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 245 (2018)
- Patents As Options, in Perspectives on Commercializing Innovation (F. Scott Kieff & Troy Paredes eds., Cambridge University Press 2011)
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