Susan J. Martin

Susan Martin has represented clients in federal and state courts in a wide variety of employment, labor, pension and employee benefits cases, including complex employment and ERISA class action matters.

A graduate of the New York University School of Law and licensed to practice in New York and Arizona, Susan has litigated class action matters throughout her career and has been lead counsel in numerous successful federal class actions benefitting many thousands of employees and retirees throughout the country.

Prior to moving to Phoenix, Ms. Martin was a partner in an employee/union-side law firm in Manhattan where she represented both professional and blue-collar employees and was counsel to several multi-employer pension and health and welfare benefit funds.

In addition to serving as counsel for employees and retirees in litigation, she is an active labor lawyer, representing unions in the public and private sectors and is chief negotiator for the musicians of numerous symphony orchestras around the country.

Susan has lectured extensively on ERISA and labor and employment 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.