
Martin E. Pulverman
Super Lawyers®Free ConsultationPersonal Injury Lawyers in Santa Barbara, CA in Santa Barbara, CA
About Martin E. Pulverman
For the past twenty (20) years Martin Pulverman has represented hundreds of injury victims. Specializing in the fields of personal injuries, product liability, professional negligence and general litigation, Martin has pursued fair results for his clients and their families. In 1976 Martin graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He received his Juris Doctor from Hastings College of Law in 1979. He was employed as a Staff Attorney for the Superior Court before private practice. He is a member of Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Santa Barbara County Bar Association. He has handled a wide variety of appellate matters in the fields of constitutional law, product liability, professional negligence, defamation, and insurance broker malpractice. Reported decisions in the California Supreme Court and Appellate Courts include: Taormina Theosophical Community, Inc. v. Silver (1983) 140 Cal.App.3d 964 (constitutional law) Southwell v. Mallery Stern & Warford (1987) 194 Cal.App.3d 140 (defamation) Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles (1990) 220 Cal.App.3d 864 (general litigation) Nowlon v. Koram Insurance Center, Inc. (1991) 1 Cal.App.4th 1437 (insurance broker malpractice) ITT v. Niles (1994) 9 Cal.4th 245 (legal malpractice) Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Martin E. Pulverman included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Southern California Super Lawyers, 2008 - 2009 Southern California Super Lawyers, 2011 - 2022 Other Sources of Feedback About Martin E. Pulverman Included on the 2026Southern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2013 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2012 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2011 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2009 Southern California Super Lawyers list 2008 Southern California Super Lawyers list
Education
Legal Education
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), San Francisco, California, 1979
- J.D.
- Law Journal: Research, Hastings COMM/ENT, a Journal of Communications and Entertainment Law, Executive Editor, 1978 - 1979
Non Legal Education
- University of California, Santa Barbara, 1976
- B.A.
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Past Positions
- Kern County Superior Court Law and Motion Department, Staff Attorney, 1983 - 1984
Representative Cases
- Taormina Theosophical Community, Inc. v. Silver
- Citation: 140 Cal.App.3d 964
- Year: 1983
- Serial Number: 1983113254
- Southwell v. Mallery Stern & Warford
- Citation: 194 Cal.App.3d 140
- Year: 1987
- Serial Number: 1987103651
- Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles
- Citation: 220 Cal.App.3d 864
- Year: 1990
- Serial Number: 1990083905
- Nowlon v. Koram Insurance Center, Inc.
- Citation: 1 Cal.App.4th 1437
- Year: 1991
- Serial Number: 1991205602
- ITT v. Niles
- Citation: 9 Cal.4th 245
- Year: 1994
- Serial Number: 1995020524
- Safeco Insurance Company of America v. Parks, 122 Cal. App. 4th 779
- Year: 2004
- Safeco Insurance Company of America v. Parks, 170 Cal. App. 4th 992
- Year: 2009
Bar Admissions
- California, 1981
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1981
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1981
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1981
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1981
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
Other Affiliations
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Santa Barbara County Bar
- Los Angeles County Bar
- American Association of Justice
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Attorney Details
| Full Name | Martin E. Pulverman |
| Firm | Pulverman & Pulverman, LLP |
| Address | 1307 State Street, Second Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
| Phone | 805-335-2776 |
| Phone | 805-962-3156 |
| Website | www.lawyers.com/pulverman&pulverman |
| Website | www.pulvermanlaw.net/blog |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |
| Consultation | ✓ Free initial consultation |