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Martin Law Supports over 2,800 Young Athletes in Fall Athletic Programs

November 19, 2021

Martin Law has partnered with LeagueSide for over 13 seasons to provide children with the opportunity to take the field. This autumn Martin Law worked... Read more

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MARTIN LAW ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2022 BEST LAWYERS LIST!

August 20, 2021

Congratulations to our Attorneys that have been listed in the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. The 2022 Best Lawyers List includes: Joseph Conlan,... Read more

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Alfred Carlson becomes the Vice President of Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association

June 16, 2021

Congratulations to Attorney Alfred Carlson for becoming the Vice President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Martin Law is proud of this momentous accomplishment. If... Read more

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Jenna King becomes Treasurer of the PBA Workers' Compensation Law Section.

May 25, 2021

Congratulations to Attorney Jenna King on becoming Treasurer of the PBA Workers' Compensation Law Section. This is an impressive accomplishment, and our Martin Law family... Read more

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Martin Law attorneys named to the 2021 Super Lawyers List!

May 27, 2021

Congratulations to our 12 attorneys, partners, and associates, who have been named to the 2021 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List. The 2021 SUPER LAWYER... Read more

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Matt Wilson and Al Carlson Lecture on “Tough Problems”

June 25, 2021

Matt Wilson and Al Carlson Lecture on “Tough Problems” in Workers Compensation. Both are speakers for the education of lawyers through the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.... Read more

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Martin Law attorneys named to the 2021 Best Lawyers.

May 20, 2021

Congratulations to our Attorneys that have been listed as BEST LAWYERS. The 2021 Best Layers List includes: George Martin, Matthew Wilson, Joseph Huttemann, Alfred Carlson,... Read more

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7/22/14 – Joe Huttemann is Eastern District Chair of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice workers’ Compensation Section

July 22, 2014December 16, 2020

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July 22, 2014 (Philadelphia, PA) – Martin Law partner Joe Huttemann has been named the eastern district chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ). As such, Huttemann will assist in leading the section’s efforts on behalf of members who represent injured worker claimants in the commonwealth. The mission of… Read more

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Study: Lack of trust leads to poorer workers’ comp outcomes

July 22, 2014

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Workers should be able to trust their employers while they recover from work-related injuries and illnesses. After all, workers’ compensation is a right, and it’s illegal in many states for an employer to retaliate or fire a worker for reporting a workplace injury and filing a workers’ compensation claim. Yet firing – and the fear… Read more

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7/16/14 – Maria Bermudez Participating in Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Clarence Darrow Event

July 16, 2014December 16, 2020

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July 16, 2014 (Philadelphia, PA) -Martin Law attorney Maria E. Bermudez will participate as a panel member in what is billed as a “spellbinding” event hosted by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute: “Clarence Darrow: Crimes, Causes and the Courtroom” will take place Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 8:30 a.m. – noon at the PBI’s CLE Conference Center,… Read more

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Playing Around with Hazards

July 15, 2014

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Identifying workplace hazards is no game, but training to recognize potential dangers could be. At least that’s the idea behind a new online tool introduced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The agency’s Assistant Secretary David Michaels, Ph.D., M.P.H. announced the new tool at an American Society of Safety Engineers conference in Orlando,… Read more

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Sugar plant accident that killed temp worker could have been avoided

July 14, 2014

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Temp jobs are a permanent part of the new normal in the U.S. economy. An increasing number of workers in Pennsylvania and other states are temporary workers, and with the increase has come new concerns about worker safety. A Pennsylvania accident recently highlighted in an article by the journalism group ProPublica shows some of the… Read more

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7/10/14 – Martin Law Has THE Most workers’ Comp Certified Attorneys in Pennsylvania

July 10, 2014December 16, 2020

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July 10, 2014 (Philadelphia, PA) – With the addition of three more attorneys at Martin Law who have received certifications in Workers’ Compensation, the firm now holds the greatest number of certified attorneys in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Attorneys John Dogum, Amit Shah and Joseph Conlan are newly-certified Workers’ Compensation Specialists after successfully taking the… Read more

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Presumptive workers’ compensation benefits are rising in the U.S.

July 7, 2014

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Firefighters, police and other public workers face hazards every day on the job – but not all of them are immediately apparent. For example, firefighters have increased cancer rates, and first responders must deal with the emotional trauma of the serious situations they live through. The nature of these injuries and illnesses can create challenging… Read more

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7/2/14 – Wilson is Chair of PA Bar WC Section

July 2, 2014December 16, 2020

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July 2, 2014 (Philadelphia, PA) – Martin Law partner Matt Wilson has been named chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Law Section. The section serves as a conduit of information on developments in workers’ compensation law to practitioners throughout the state. The section also acts as a liaison with the Pennsylvania Bureau of… Read more

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(Not So) Normal Working Conditions

July 2, 2014

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There are certain lines of work where you might expect to have a gun pointed at you, for example, law enforcement. But if you work in a retail job, chances are you aren’t expecting to be robbed at gunpoint in the normal course of a workday. If that were the case, you might not even… Read more