Bio of Dawn V. Martin, Esquire
Dawn V. Martin has twenty-sevn years of legal experience, all in civil rights, public service,
teaching law and/or policy development. Ms. Martin has developed national policy in the areas
of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) Law and has published authoritative works on this
subject. See Publications.
Ms. Martin is featured in Sky Radio's "Salute to Women in Leadership,"
as acknowledged in Her interview can be heard on American Airlines
from December 16, 2008 through January 31, 2009, or at Sky Radio's
website,
http://www.skyradionet.com/americanbiz.cfm. See also Time Magazine,
Global Edition, December 15, 2008.
Ms. Martin is also recognized as one of "America's Premier Lawyers" on ABC News
Radio's, "The Law Business Insider."Hear Radio Interview at
http://behindtheheadlines.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=174:hlln-sorkin-
dawn&catid=44:apl&Itemid=119
Ms. Martin has special expertise in EEO and other matters related to police and
fire departments, as indicated by her article, "911: How Will Police
and Fire Departments Respond to Public Safety Needs and the Americans with
Disabilities Act?" Ms. Martin dedicated her article, to the memory of her father,
Alfonzo Q. Martin, a former New York City police officer and firefighter. Ms.
Martin has been employed by, or served as a consultant for, several police
departments and/or law enforcement agencies.
Ms. Martin has served as: a trial attorney with the United States Department
of Justice, Civil Rights Division (Honors Program); a trial attorney with the
New York State Office of the Attorney General, Civil Rights Bureau; a trial
attorney with the Legal Aid Society of New York, Civil Division (Bronx Office);
Assistant General Counsel with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department; and a
Senior Attorney-Advisor and Special Assistant to Commissioner Tucker at the
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and served in a temporary appointment with
United States Department of Agriculture as Acting Deputy General Counsel for Civil Rights.
Ms. Martin has also been a law professor, at both Howard University and Cleveland State University,
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, teaching Equal Employment Law, Torts, Evidence and Race as a
Factor in American Law. Ms. Martin set legal precedent in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit, with her own personal litigation against Howard University. See discussion of Martin v.
Howard University and Alice Gresham Bullock, under SexandWorkplaceViolence and
MartinvHowardU. See also Chief Judge Hogan's precedent-setting decision in Martin v. Howard
University,1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19516, 81 FEP Cases 964 (BNA), 15 IER Cases 1587 (D.D.C.
1999).
Education. Ms. Martin graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University (1978) and New York
University School of Law (1981).
Philosophy of Law Practice.
There had to be a Plessy v. Fergurson before there could be a Brown v. The Board of Education.
Somebody had to file and lose General Electric v. Gilbert for Congress to amend Title VII to include
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Americans working abroad for American companies had to lose
Aramco v. Boursalan for Congress to pass The 1991 Civil Rights Act to assert Title VII jurisdiction
over them. There had to be a Ledbetter v. Goodyear for Congress to propose the Lilly Ledbetter Act.
Ms. Martin said:
"Although we always want to win our cases, the act of standing up for what is
right and for bringing attention to an important issue is necessary for change. I often
have to remind myself that Jesus did not win in the courts -- but he won in the
press! Sometimes you just have to stand up -- win or lose -- you stand up. It is the
act itself that makes you a winner -- in the true sense of the word. If no one stands
up against wrongdoing by powerful institutions, there will never be real change."
For a lighter and more personal side of Ms. Martin's concept of her legal career, see Maryland Daily
Record article on New Year's Resolutions of local attorneys, at
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4183/is_200412/ai_n10064964
Family. Ms. Martin's daughter, Danielle Evans, is a writer. Ms. Evans has recently published three of
her short stories in noted literary magazines, including "Harvest" in Phoebe (George Mason University's
Literary Magazine), "Purple" in L Magazine and "Virgins" in the October 2007 issue of The Paris
Review, sold in major bookstores. Ms. Evans has just signed a two book contract with Riverhead
Publishing, which will publish her short story collection, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, in
early 2009 and her novel, which is now in progress.
Ms. Evans is a 2004 graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University. She received her Masters in
Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2006. From August
2006 through May 2007, she was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, where she taught
creative writing.
Ms. Evans uses activism and her writing talent to foster racial equality and understanding, as exhibited
by her column, Re-Eduction, which ran bi-weekly in the Columbia University Newspaper, The
Spectator while she was a college student..
Bar Membership. Ms. Martin is a member of the Bar in the following jurisdictions:
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Bar of the District of Columbia
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Bar of the State of New York
Dawn V. Martin has twenty-sevn years of legal experience, all in civil rights, public service,
teaching law and/or policy development. Ms. Martin has developed national policy in the areas
of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) Law and has published authoritative works on this
subject. See Publications.
Ms. Martin is featured in Sky Radio's "Salute to Women in Leadership,"
as acknowledged in Her interview can be heard on American Airlines
from December 16, 2008 through January 31, 2009, or at Sky Radio's
website,
http://www.skyradionet.com/americanbiz.cfm. See also Time Magazine,
Global Edition, December 15, 2008.
Ms. Martin is also recognized as one of "America's Premier Lawyers" on ABC News
Radio's, "The Law Business Insider."Hear Radio Interview at
http://behindtheheadlines.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=174:hlln-sorkin-
dawn&catid=44:apl&Itemid=119
Ms. Martin has special expertise in EEO and other matters related to police and
fire departments, as indicated by her article, "911: How Will Police
and Fire Departments Respond to Public Safety Needs and the Americans with
Disabilities Act?" Ms. Martin dedicated her article, to the memory of her father,
Alfonzo Q. Martin, a former New York City police officer and firefighter. Ms.
Martin has been employed by, or served as a consultant for, several police
departments and/or law enforcement agencies.
Ms. Martin has served as: a trial attorney with the United States Department
of Justice, Civil Rights Division (Honors Program); a trial attorney with the
New York State Office of the Attorney General, Civil Rights Bureau; a trial
attorney with the Legal Aid Society of New York, Civil Division (Bronx Office);
Assistant General Counsel with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department; and a
Senior Attorney-Advisor and Special Assistant to Commissioner Tucker at the
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and served in a temporary appointment with
United States Department of Agriculture as Acting Deputy General Counsel for Civil Rights.
Ms. Martin has also been a law professor, at both Howard University and Cleveland State University,
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, teaching Equal Employment Law, Torts, Evidence and Race as a
Factor in American Law. Ms. Martin set legal precedent in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit, with her own personal litigation against Howard University. See discussion of Martin v.
Howard University and Alice Gresham Bullock, under SexandWorkplaceViolence and
MartinvHowardU. See also Chief Judge Hogan's precedent-setting decision in Martin v. Howard
University,1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19516, 81 FEP Cases 964 (BNA), 15 IER Cases 1587 (D.D.C.
1999).
Education. Ms. Martin graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University (1978) and New York
University School of Law (1981).
Philosophy of Law Practice.
There had to be a Plessy v. Fergurson before there could be a Brown v. The Board of Education.
Somebody had to file and lose General Electric v. Gilbert for Congress to amend Title VII to include
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Americans working abroad for American companies had to lose
Aramco v. Boursalan for Congress to pass The 1991 Civil Rights Act to assert Title VII jurisdiction
over them. There had to be a Ledbetter v. Goodyear for Congress to propose the Lilly Ledbetter Act.
Ms. Martin said:
"Although we always want to win our cases, the act of standing up for what is
right and for bringing attention to an important issue is necessary for change. I often
have to remind myself that Jesus did not win in the courts -- but he won in the
press! Sometimes you just have to stand up -- win or lose -- you stand up. It is the
act itself that makes you a winner -- in the true sense of the word. If no one stands
up against wrongdoing by powerful institutions, there will never be real change."
For a lighter and more personal side of Ms. Martin's concept of her legal career, see Maryland Daily
Record article on New Year's Resolutions of local attorneys, at
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4183/is_200412/ai_n10064964
Family. Ms. Martin's daughter, Danielle Evans, is a writer. Ms. Evans has recently published three of
her short stories in noted literary magazines, including "Harvest" in Phoebe (George Mason University's
Literary Magazine), "Purple" in L Magazine and "Virgins" in the October 2007 issue of The Paris
Review, sold in major bookstores. Ms. Evans has just signed a two book contract with Riverhead
Publishing, which will publish her short story collection, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, in
early 2009 and her novel, which is now in progress.
Ms. Evans is a 2004 graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University. She received her Masters in
Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2006. From August
2006 through May 2007, she was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, where she taught
creative writing.
Ms. Evans uses activism and her writing talent to foster racial equality and understanding, as exhibited
by her column, Re-Eduction, which ran bi-weekly in the Columbia University Newspaper, The
Spectator while she was a college student..
Bar Membership. Ms. Martin is a member of the Bar in the following jurisdictions:
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Bar of the District of Columbia
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Bar of the State of New York
| Law Offices of Dawn V. Martin, LLC Bio of Dawn Valore Martin |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| Alfonzo Q. Martin 1929-1985 |
