Member · Co-founder
Mark B. Martinez
Mark graduated from law school with honors, then began his legal career as a judicial law clerk for the U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review. After completing his clerkship, he worked as a litigation associate with a large international law firm on assignments in both the United States and Mexico, then returned to federal government service. He was an Assistant Chief Counsel and later a Deputy Chief Counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), then transferred to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as an Associate Counsel.
As an attorney for ICE and USCIS, Mark developed expertise in the laws and regulations relating to deportation and removal proceedings, applications for lawful immigration status, and naturalization (becoming a U.S. citizen). He has appeared regularly before Immigration Judges and argued complex legal issues in court and on appeal, and has advised government officers on complicated legal issues arising in various areas of immigration law, including immigration detention, criminal grounds of deportation, adjustment of status, derivation of citizenship, waivers of inadmissibility, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and many others.
Mark’s extensive experience as a government immigration attorney gives him a unique understanding of the immigration process and plays a critical role in his efforts to develop comprehensive and successful immigration strategies for his clients.
Outside the office
Mark has lived in South America and speaks Spanish fluently. He grew up in Louisville, and after living and studying in several other places in the United States and abroad, he returned to Louisville, where he now lives with his family. He enjoys playing, coaching and watching soccer, and every now and then he makes it to the ice rink where he played hockey growing up.
