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David Paul Martin

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About David

David has over 25 years of experience serving individuals with employee benefit cases. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients across the South, including claims for long-term disability, short- term disability, pension, 401K, severance, retirement benefits, life insurance, health insurance, and COBRA. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell in the area of Employee Benefits. He is also listed in Super Lawyers as a top-rated attorney for Employee Benefits. Because of his extensive experience and tremendous success in handling ERISA cases, he has become a sought-after speaker on the topic. He regularly presents lectures on ERISA to lawyers, has hosted an ERISA seminar for experienced ERISA litigators, made appearances on television to discuss ERISA and employee benefits issues and published numerous articles on ERISA and employee benefits.

Practice areas

  1. Employee benefits: 90%

    Our firm is dedicated to helping employees and their loved ones with employee benefit problems. These problems include an insurance company refusing to pay a long term disability benefit claim for someone, disagreements with pension calculations, refusal to pay a retirement benefit, refusal to pay life insurance benefits, or problems obtaining COBRA insurance coverage.

    30 years

  2. Life insurance: 10%

    The majority of our cases are life insurance, long term disability and pension or retirement claims.

Languages spoken

English

Contact

The Martin Law Group, LLC

2117 Jack Warner Parkway Suite 1
Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401

    The Martin Law Group, LLC

    P.O. Box 20087
    Tuscaloosa, AL, 35402

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    License
    StateStatusAcquiredUpdated
    ALOccupational License - Authorized to Practice199204/28/2022
    We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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    Awards
    Award nameGrantorDate Granted
    Top Lawyers in Litigation-ERISABest Lawyers2017
    Top 5% in ERISA- Employee BenefitsSuperlawyers - Midsouth2016
    AV Preeminent RatedMartindale-Hubbell2015
    Top 5% Alabama Super Lawyers Employee BenefitsSuper Lawyers2008
    work experience
    TitleCompany nameDuration
    Attorney At LawThe Martin Law Group, LLC2007 - Present
    associations
    Association namePosition nameDuration
    American Association for JusticeMember2016 - Present
    Alabama State Bar Task ForceChairN/A
    Tuscaloosa County Bar AssociationMemberN/A
    American Bar AssociationMemberN/A
    Alabama Association for JusticeMemberN/A
    Alabama LawyerBoard of EditorsN/A
    publications
    Publication nameTitleDate
    69 Alabama Lawyer 1Taking Benefits Back: Reimbursement under ERISA2008
    66 Alabama Lawyer 279The Subtle Snake: Long Term Disability Under ERISA2005
    education
    School nameDegreeGraduated
    University of Alabama Law SchoolJD - Juris Doctor1992
    University of Houston1987
    speaking engagements
    Conference nameTitleDate
    Tuscaloosa County Bar AssociationWhat Every Lawyer Needs to Know About... ERISA2008
    legal cases
    Case nameOutcome
    Alcantara et al v. BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY UNION AND INDUSTRY ... PENSION PLAN 751 F. 3d 71 (3d Cir. 2014)We won. The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court decision.

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    Best attorney I have ever had Great at Communication!!

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    Lawyer John Milton Pennington

    John Pennington, Employee benefits Attorney on Jul 27, 2017
    Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

    I endorse this lawyer.

    Lawyer Jeremiah Michael Hodges

    Jeremiah Hodges, Employee benefits Attorney on Mar 13, 2017
    Relationship: Worked together on matter

    I endorse this lawyer. David is the top ERISA lawyer around. This is an area of the law that is complicated and it is crucial to hire an expert. David is that expert for ERISA cases.

    Lawyer John Milton Pennington

    John Pennington, Employee benefits Attorney on Jul 27, 2017
    Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

    I endorse this lawyer.

    Lawyer Jeremiah Michael Hodges

    Jeremiah Hodges, Employee benefits Attorney on Mar 13, 2017
    Relationship: Worked together on matter

    I endorse this lawyer. David is the top ERISA lawyer around. This is an area of the law that is complicated and it is crucial to hire an expert. David is that expert for ERISA cases.

    Lawyer Tracy W Cary

    Tracy Cary, Insurance Attorney on Jan 1, 2014
    Relationship: Worked together on matter

    David is an expert in handling ERISA claims. ERISA law is complicated and very few lawyers handle ERISA claims. David not only handles ERISA cases, he specializes in them and is an expert in them.

    Lawyer Jeffrey Scott Warncke

    Jeffrey Warncke, Employee benefits Attorney on Aug 21, 2013
    Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

    I endorse Mr. Martin. We have corresponded for years about issues relating to employee benefits and insurance. He is as knowledgeable, creative and tenacious a lawyer as anyone could hope to encounter.

    Cost

    RATES
    • Hourly Rates $75-$350/hour
    OTHER BILLING TYPES
    • Contingency A contingency fee is the percent of the final award a lawyer will receive as compensation. For some of these cases, lawyers will only be paid if there is a successful outcome.35%-50%