Former Prosecutors Open Ohio Law Firm

MASON, Ohio - Aug. 3, 2015 - PRLog -- Attorneys Joshua Adam Engel  and Mary K. Martin, today announced the opening of Engel & Martin, LLC.  Engel and Martin are former assistant prosecutors who now represent private businesses and individuals in federal and state courts across the nation.   Engel and Martin have successfully handled more than 100 appeals in the Ohio Supreme Court, the Federal Courts of Appeals, and other state supreme courts.

The new firm is on the leading edge of some of the most important legal issues today — including electronic search and seizure and student civil rights and due process.  “We formed Engel & Martin” Engel said, “so that we can focus on cutting-edge legal issues such as the representation of students on college and university campuses facing Title IX sexual harassment investigations.”  Engel has represented students nationwide in civil rights lawsuits against universities and was a featured speaker at a recent Washington, DC, Symposium on representing students accused of sexual assault.

“I am most excited about the fact that we are the attorneys police officers choose when they need legal help,” Martin said.  “Officers saw us in court as prosecutors, and now they are trusting us to represent them in civil and criminal matters.”

Engel, a Harvard Law School graduate, served as an assistant prosecutor in Ohio and Massachusetts.  He led the Warren County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office’s appellate division, where he not only handled appeals for the office, but was also called upon by state and national law enforcement organizations to write amicus curiae briefs to the Ohio Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. Engel also served as Chief Legal Counsel for the Ohio Department of Public Safety and as an associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart, a large Boston law firm.   Engel’s experience includes death penalty trials, arguments before the Ohio Supreme Court, and the representation of Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Travelers.

Martin, a University of Cincinnati Law School graduate, served as an assistant prosecutor in Ohio.  She has been call a “Drunk driving attorney extraordinaire” by 700WLW.  Martin served as a statewide “resource prosecutor” who trained judges, prosecutors, police, and attorneys on OVI/DUI issue.  From 2011 through 2014 Martin was the Director of Ohio’s Alcohol and Drug Testing Program under the Ohio Department of Health.  As Director, she managed, planned, directed, evaluated, and administered all activities of Ohio’s Breath Testing Program and oversaw Ohio’s laboratory blood and urine testing techniques and certification.

Engel and Martin most recently worked as “Of Counsel” to Michael K. Allen & Associates.

Engel can be reached by emailing engel@engelandmartin.com.  Martin can be reached by emailing martin@engelandmartin.com.  The law firm’s phone is 513-445-9600.

About Engel & Martin, LLC:

Engel & Martin, LLC is a law firm serving Central and Southwest Ohio with offices in Mason and Columbus.  The attorneys of Engel & Martin, LLC are experienced former prosecutors, trial lawyers, and appellate advocates who have significant experience handling high profile and difficult criminal and civil cases.   The firm strives to provide the best possible results for clients in the most practical and efficient manner possible.  For more information, visit http://www.engelandmartin.com.

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