MARTIN & MARTIN - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Counsel for Small Businesses
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Atlanta Employment Law Attorney
- Employment
Representing employees against employers who violate federal employment laws, Kimberly is an experienced litigator and trial attorney who truly believes that if it's not right, you have to fight. On a daily basis, Kimberly is a fierce warrior for her clients who have been discriminated against, targeted for wrongful termination, or illegally denied their proper overtime pay. She has filed lawsuits against international, national, and Georgia companies including Home Depot, FedEx Ground, Chili's Bar & Grill, Diligent Delivery Services, and Emory University.
Kimberly has been honored to represent single-income parents who are terminated for taking federally protected medical leave under the FMLA to take care of an ill or injured family member or the hourly worker who has not been paid their properly legally mandated time and a half overtime compensation for a fair day's work under the FLSA or the worker who has been illegally classified as an independent contractor and denied proper wages and overtime pay for all hours worked or the worker with a disability simply requesting a reasonable accommodation for their disability to permit them to continue to perform their job as permitted under the ADA. She has proudly represented whistleblower employees targeted for termination after reporting sexual harassment, discrimination, or other violations of federal law.
With over 20 years of experience representing businesses, Kimberly is a seasoned litigator who knows that arbitration and litigation can be enormously costly to a small business - even when the small business is the successful party. Therefore, Kimberly and her partner offer their small business clients very reasonable hourly rates and monthly retainer agreements that provide their clients with access to them any time a legal issue arises or just when a small business client simply wants to "talk through" a termination or employment decision. Kimberly also proactively contacts their small business clients to keep them updated on relevant statutes, emerging law, and newly released court opinions that could impact their business practices. Kimberly is keenly aware that her small business clients have made significant sacrifices in order to create, develop, and run their businesses and she is honored to help protect those sacrifices.
Atlanta employment law attorney, Kimberly Martin, graduated with honors from the University of Florida College of Law where she received the "Book Award" for Employment Law indicating the highest grade in the class. After graduating from law school, Kimberly returned home to Atlanta where she worked at several large national and international law firms representing employers in arbitration and litigation involving all aspects of employment law including Charges of Discrimination at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation lawsuits filed in federal court; Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) violations; as well as overtime and wage claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) involving hundreds of employees across the country.
Kimberly is an Atlanta trial attorney who graduated from the University of Florida College of Law with Honors. She has a background of working at several large international and national law firms where she gained extensive experience representing employers in all areas of employment and wage & hour laws. For over the past 15 years, Kimberly has devoted her practice to representing employees and a select number of employers in employment and wage & hour matters with a particular emphasis in overtime and unpaid wage cases, disability discrimination accommodations, sexual harassment, and FMLA violations.
In 2016, Kimberly obtained the second largest verdict in a sexual harassment and retaliation case of the year in Georgia and in 2023 was name a Top 100 Civil Lawyer in Georgia.
Georgia attorney, Thomas F. Martin, grew up in Queens, New York playing basketball at LaSalle Academy against the likes of Lew Alcindor ("Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"), prior to being highly recruited to play basketball for the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Upon graduation from the Naval Academy, Tom served in Vietnam for a year on river patrol boats (PBRs) on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta. After active duty, Tom obtained his MBA and began a very successful health care career as a senior executive of several hospital corporations that lasted for 28 years and provided him with a wealth of experience in a wide variety of management and senior administrative and executive roles.
Tom is a former United States Naval Academy basketball player who served in Vietnam before obtaining his MBA and having a very successful 28 year health care career as a senior executive of several hospital corporations providing him with a wealth of experience in a wide variety of management and senior administrative and executive roles where he was known as the "fixer" in quickly turning around poorly performing hospitals. Upon retirement, Tom graduated from law school. For over the past 15 years, Tom has devoted his legal practice to representing employees in all areas of employment and wage & hour matters.
He also devotes a portion of his practice to representing a select number of employers in employment, wage & hour, contracts, and busines matters, including serving as "in-house" counsel to small businesses.