Michael S. Martinez
Trial & Appellate
Michael S. Martinez practices litigation and appellate law. He provides key support on litigation teams that serve the firm's oil and gas and business clients, including drafting petitions, formulating and responding to requests for discovery and developing discovery and dispositive motions. He is also a member of the Texas Tech School of Law Executive Alumni Committee.
While in law school, Michael was named to the Dean's List five times. He also received numerous awards, including the Linda J. Kamp Service Award in recognition of his service to the Texas Tech University School of Law. Michael also has been recognized several times for his outstanding advocacy skills in moot court competitions. In 2010, he was named National Champion and was recognized for having the National Best Brief in the NLLSA National Moot Court Competition. In 2011, he was named the Elliott Cup Bankruptcy Moot Court Champion, an honor awarded by the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Texas.
Michael was named International Champion in the American Bar Association's 2010 International Negotiation Competition held at Bond University in Queensland, Australia. Michael also was the 2011 recipient of the Donald Hunt Outstanding Barrister award recognizing the school's most outstanding advocate and was named Champion of the Board of Barristers Negotiation Competition in 2009. He also received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Contract Law (2008) and Complex Litigation (2010). Michael served as a tutor for two professors at Texas Tech University School of Law and was a research assistant during his first year of law school.
During college and prior to attending law school, Michael was an employee relations manager and regional labor support manager. In this capacity, he handled union grievances and unemployment claims with the Texas Workforce Commission, and also created a training program for new members of management.
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 2011
Education:
Texas Tech University School of Law
Lubbock, Texas, 2011
J.D.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Law Journal: Member, Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal
Awards and Recognition:
Jurisprudence Award for Superior Academic Achievement – Business Entities (2009), Tax (2009), Anatomy of a Trial(2010), Criminal Procedure (2010), Constitutional Law Seminar (2010), and National Security Law (2011)Fortney Ethics Award recognizing the law student who exhibits outstanding moral and ethical conduct among his peers while attending law school, 2011
Linda J. Kamp Service Award for service to the law school, 2011
Donald Hunt Outstanding Barrister Award recognizing the law school's most outstanding advocate, 2011
Hispanic Law Students Association Outstanding Mentor Award (an award created by HLSA to honor a law student for his or her service to the student body as a whole), 2011
Elliott Cup Bankruptcy Moot Court Champion, 2011
CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Contract Law (2008) and Complex Litigation (2010)
International Champion – ABA International Negotiation Competition, 2010
National Finalist – ABA National Negotiation Competition, 2010
Regional Champion – ABA Regional Negotiation Competition, 2010
Champion – Board of Barristers Negotiation Competition, 2009
National Champion & National Best Brief – NLSSA National Moot Court Competition, 2009
Organizations/Activities:
National Order of the Barristers
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society (Historian in 2009-2010)
Student Recruitment Council (President in 2009-2011)
Board of Barristers (Director of Presentations in 2010-2011)
Hispanic Law Students Association (Fundraising Chair in 2009-2010)
Criminal Law Tutor for Dean Walt Huffman (2011)
Research Assistant for Professors Angela Laughlin and Brian Shannon (2010)
Torts Tutor for Professor Richard Rosen (2009-2010)
Wayland Baptist University
Lubbock, Texas, 2007
BSOE
Honors: Named to President's List four times
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Midland County Bar Association Member
Midland County Young Lawyers Association Member
State Bar of Texas Member
