Ben Martin has dedicated his career to helping individuals and families whose lives have been shattered by catastrophic injury and wrongful death. He has represented thousands of clients, from people injured in the oilfield to those harmed by medical negligence and dangerous products, including defective machinery, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. He has tried numerous cases to verdict in Texas, Mississippi, California and Arkansas and represents people in all 50 states.
Ben is a national leader in IVC filter complication litigation. He is co-lead counsel in Cook IVC filter MDL 2570, Southern District of Indiana and serves on the plaintiffs' steering committee in Bard IVC filter MDL 2641, District of Arizona. Ben also has extensive experience in both state and federal pharmaceutical cases, representing those harmed by fen-phen, Vioxx, TVM, Risperdal, Xarelto, Zofran and many others.
Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
University of North Texas, B.B.A., 1983
Baylor University School of Law, J.D., 1986
All Texas state courts
All Pennsylvania state courts
Member of the bar of the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Claims
Advocate, The American Board of Trial Advocates, Dallas Chapter President 2014-15
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Dallas Bar Association
American Bar Association
Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, Honorary Lifetime Member
Southern Trial Lawyers Association
American Association of Justice
Texas Bar Foundation
Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2005-present
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers, 2011-present
Top 25 Mass Tort Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers, 2016
AV Preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubbell
Preparation of the Personal Injury Case - From the Initial Interview Through Trial, State Bar of Texas Summer Bar Seminar, Cancun, Mexico
Trying the Wrongful Death Case in Texas: Strategies in Preparation and Valuation, National Business Institute, Dallas, Texas
Personal Injury - Anatomy of a Case, Advanced Civil Trial Seminar for Attorneys, Legal Assistants, and Other Legal Professionals, Legal Assistants Division, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas
Physician and Hospital Liability, Problem Based Sleep Medicine Course for the Primary Care Practitioner: Establishing a Differential Diagnosis and Treatment Plan, The Houston Sleep Consortium, Houston, Texas
Evidence for Paralegals: Obtaining, Managing and Using All Types of Information, Opinion Evidence, speaker
Causation, Texas State Bar 2009 Advanced Personal Injury Trial Course, Dallas, Texas
Bard G2 IVC Filter Litigation Update Webinar, AAJ Education
IVC Filter Litigation Update, Mass Torts Made Perfect, Spring and Fall 2016,Spring 2017, Las Vegas, NV
Filters and Fractures, The Ongoing Saga of IVC Filters, The Trial Lawyer, Spring 2016
Former Adjunct Professor, Southern Methodist University School of Law
Former Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy
