Resume Malcolm Max Martin May 2016
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MALCOLM “MAX” MARTIN Attorney & Counselor at Law Texas Bar Number 24060896 Houston, TX 77007 PHONE: 337-281-6345 EMAIL: [email protected] CAREER SUMMARY: Over six years of litigation experience. Lead counsel for ten district court trials tried to verdicts — won seventy percent. Advocated unanimous jury verdicts in three separate Texas counties — Texas record jury verdict — sixteen times defense’s last mediation offer — zero dollars answered on twenty-six damage questions after six trial days — not guilty felony jury verdict. Strongest legal skills — connecting with people, preparing clients and witnesses to limit cross examinations, developing clear stories, passion designing damage models. Exemplary leader, communicator, and teacher — especially prevailing in stressful situations. LITIGATION ACHIEVEMENTS: Investigated sixty-nine potential medical malpractice claims, reported to Randy O. Sorrels. Negotiated well over 100 settlements — without any staff. Deposed and defended almost fifty stenographic and non-stenographic depositions. Advocated bail reduction from $2,000,000 to $75,000. Eliminated client’s traumatic brain injury medical bills and liens — well over $1,000,000. Over six years, wrote demand letters, pleadings, motions, injunctions, subpoenas — no staff. LITIGATION ACCOLADES: Completed ATLA’s Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course: Art of Persuasion Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA National gold standard for trial advocacy over thirty years. National Trial Lawyers Top 100: Top 100 Texas Plaintiff Trial Lawyers Selected for invitation; individuals exemplifying superior leadership and trial qualifications. The College of the State Bar of Texas - Earned Five-Year Certificate January 2016 Honorary society of lawyers among the best-trained attorneys in Texas. Membership requires completing at least thirty hours of CLE each year —double MCLE. ADVOCATE – AAJ’s Earned Achievement Recognition Program Completed over 100 hours of trial advocacy seminars.
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MALCOLM “MAX” MARTIN Attorney & Counselor at Law Texas Bar Number 24060896
Houston, TX 77007 PHONE: 337-281-6345
EMAIL: [email protected] CAREER SUMMARY: Over six years of litigation experience. Lead counsel for ten district court trials tried to verdicts — won seventy percent. Advocated unanimous jury verdicts in three separate Texas counties — Texas record jury verdict — sixteen times defense’s last mediation offer — zero dollars answered on twenty-six damage questions after six trial days — not guilty felony jury verdict.
Strongest legal skills — connecting with people, preparing clients and witnesses to limit cross examinations, developing clear stories, passion designing damage models.
Exemplary leader, communicator, and teacher — especially prevailing in stressful situations. LITIGATION ACHIEVEMENTS: Investigated sixty-nine potential medical malpractice claims, reported to Randy O. Sorrels. Negotiated well over 100 settlements — without any staff. Deposed and defended almost fifty stenographic and non-stenographic depositions. Advocated bail reduction from $2,000,000 to $75,000. Eliminated client’s traumatic brain injury medical bills and liens — well over $1,000,000. Over six years, wrote demand letters, pleadings, motions, injunctions, subpoenas — no staff. LITIGATION ACCOLADES: Completed ATLA’s Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course: Art of Persuasion Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA National gold standard for trial advocacy over thirty years. National Trial Lawyers Top 100: Top 100 Texas Plaintiff Trial Lawyers Selected for invitation; individuals exemplifying superior leadership and trial qualifications. The College of the State Bar of Texas - Earned Five-Year Certificate January 2016 Honorary society of lawyers among the best-trained attorneys in Texas. Membership requires completing at least thirty hours of CLE each year —double MCLE. ADVOCATE – AAJ’s Earned Achievement Recognition Program Completed over 100 hours of trial advocacy seminars.
LITIGATION EMPLOYMENT: The Law Offices of Malcolm Martin, Houston, Texas Attorney and Counselor at Law, July 2008 – 2014 Empowered clients to testify confidently and clearly — limiting cross-exams in ten trials. Accustomed to using translators for interviews, depositions, settlements, trials. Prevailed against multinational corporations on shoestring budget. Encourage communication by actively listening. Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend, Houston, TX Contract Attorney at Law, November 2007 - July 2008 Interviewed hundreds of existing and potential clients, often without supervision. Researched pre-trial motions, discovery responses, admissibility of evidence for trials. Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend, Houston, TX Law Clerk, September 2007 – November 2007 Interacted with dozens of personal injury clients and witnesses. Organized records used by partners in seven figure negotiations and trials. Learned to evaluate cases by focusing on damages, liability, legal cause harms and losses. EDUCATION: Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Houston TX, J.D, 2007. May 2007. Centenary College of Louisiana at Shreveport, LA – B.S. in Biology, 1997. NOTABLE CLE SEMINARS: Civil Litigation UT Law Austin 2015 Corporate Counsel Institute UT Law Houston 2014 ATLA’s Ultimate Trial College Harvard Law School 2013 AAJ Evaluating Truthfulness & Deception — Microexpressions Washington, D.C. 2012 AAJ Annual Convention Chicago 2012 TTLA Master Seminar Austin 2012 TTLA 2011 Advance PI Seminar Houston 2012 AAJ Trial Advocacy College Damages with David Ball, Ph.D.: Atlanta 2011 TTLA Road Rules A Car Crash Houston 2011 AAJ Rules of the Road Trial College Denver 2011 Reptile Revolution Houston 2010 Exposing Deceptive Doctors Houston 2010 ABA Litigation Institute for Trial Training Chicago 2009 Litigating Auto Collision Cases New Orleans 2009 TCDLA Voir Dire Houston 2009 AAJ Advanced Depositions College New Orleans 2009 The Jury Trial Houston 2008 David Ball on Damages Houston 2008
*Completed over 435 CLE hours — August 2007 to May 2016*
