Susan Martin
Passion + Experience = Results
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Susan Martin
Susan Martin has devoted her career to vindicating the rights of employees and retirees.
As a founding member of martin & Bonnett, she has built her practice litigating all types of labor and employment class actions and individual cases. She is one of a small handful of attorneys experienced in and willing to undertake ERISA and other pension litigation challenging denial, suspension, termination or changes in pension benefits and has recovered many millions of dollars benefiting employees and retirees throughout the country. Susan has also been lead counsel and co-counsel in numerous successful minimum wage, overtime, discrimination, family leave, and disability and health insurance class and individual cases.
In addition to serving as counsel for employees and retirees, Susan is an active union labor lawyer, and has represented unions in multiple fields and crafts in the public and private sectors throughout her career. She has also been chief negotiator for the musicians of numerous symphony orchestras around the country.
Susan received her law degree from the New York University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from Antioch College. She has been admitted to and litigated cases in dozens of federal trial and appellate courts throughout the country and is admitted to the bar in the States of New York and Arizona.
Susan has lectured extensively on ERISA, pension, employment, and labor law. She is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law and has served as a Co-Chair of the Section’s Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee. She is also a member of the Arizona Employment Lawyers Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the Lawyers Coordinating Committee of the AFL-CIO.
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law
B.A., Antioch College
Activities & Affiliations
American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law: past Co-Chair, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee
State Bar of Arizona
Federal Bar Association
Arizona Employment Lawyers Association
AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee
Bar & Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
U. S. District Courts, Southern, Eastern, Northern & Western Districts of New York
U. S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
U. S. District Court, Central District of California
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U. S. District Court, District of Nevada
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U. S. District Court, District of Louisiana
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U. S. District Court, District of Kansas
U. S. District Court, District of Maryland
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
Arizona
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit