Steven William Martin

Steven William Martin was admitted to the State Bar of California on December 1, 2009, and holds an active license under bar number 265407 ^[1]. He is a partner at Martin & Blancato, APC, a San Diego firm that represents clients in personal injury, workers' compensation, and Social Security disability matters throughout Southern California, including San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles counties ^[2]. The firm reports case results that include a $7 million recovery in a paraplegic injury case and a $4 million recovery in a case involving complex regional pain syndrome ^[2]. Martin earned his Juris Doctor in 2009 from the Laurence Drivon School of Law at Humphreys College in Stockton, where he graduated with honors as class salutatorian, received the Laurence Drivon Scholarship, and earned honors awards in disability law, contracts, torts, property, family law, and constitutional law. He also holds a Bachelor of Science from California State University, Stanislaus, completed in 2001. Early in his career he worked as an associate at a San Diego family law firm, where he handled the office's discovery matters and argued a variety of motions, and as a contract attorney on civil and business litigation. In 2011 he joined Hiden, Rott & Oertle, LLP, practicing civil litigation, workers' compensation, and Social Security disability law. His professional profile is also listed on Avvo ^[3].