Alton L. Martin Jr.

Al Martin has been a lawyer for over 30 years. He’s tried hundreds of job injury cases throughout South Carolina. Al has handled claims involving traumatic brain injury, incomplete paraplegia, amputations, spinal cord injury, electrocution, and death. Other lawyers refer difficult work accident cases to him. In 2005, Al established Martin & Martin Attorneys, P.A., along with Laura Martin. Since that time, he’s devoted his practice to representing injured persons. Selected for the Martindale-Hubbell “AV-rating” by his legal community peers every year since 1998. And rated “10.0 Superb” by AVVO, the highest awarded by the online rating service. He’s also repeatedly recognized by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America in the area of Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants. Al Martin was raised in Fort Mill, South Carolina, the youngest of four and the only boy. His father was an FBI agent and his mother was a high school teacher. He is a 1987 graduate of The Citadel and received his law degree from Mercer University in 1991. Al served on active duty in the US Army from 1991-1994 with the 82nd Airborne Division. He is married to the lovely and talented Laura and they have three children. They have lived in Greenville since 1995. Al is admitted to practice in South Carolina, Georgia, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, and the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the South Carolina Bar (Workers’ Compensation Section), the State Bar of Georgia, the Greenville County Bar, and the Injured Workers Advocates. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Alton L. Martin Jr. included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors AV rating, Martindale-Hubbell, 1998 - 2026 10.0 Superb rating, AVVO.com, 2012 - 2026 Top 100 - National Trial Lawyers, 2015 - 2017 Super Lawyers, Selected for Workers Compensation, 2020 - 2026 Best Lawyers in America, Selected for Workers Compensation, 2019 - 2026 Other Sources of Feedback About Alton L. Martin Jr. Included on the 2026South Carolina Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2024 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2023 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2022 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2021 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2020 South Carolina Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• U.S. Army (82nd Airborne Division) 1991–1994
• Languages
• Spanish
• English (Primary)

• South Carolina, 1991
• Georgia, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1996
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1995
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
• Specialties and Certifications
• Circuit Court Mediator, South Carolina Bar

• Injured Workers Advocates (Member)
• South Carolina Bar, Workers’ Compensation Section (Member)
• Greenville County Bar (Member)