Mark Martin

Mark Martin, prosecuting attorney for Black Warrior Riverkeeper was born in Anniston, Alabama and began practicing law in 1981 after graduating from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham. Over the course of his legal career Mark has worked on a diverse array of legal issues, ranging from criminal defense to protecting Alabama's rivers and creeks. Mark has been working with Black Warrior Riverkeeper since it’s inception in 2002. As Prosecuting Attorney, Mark manages the various legal battles of Black Warrior Riverkeeper. When he is not busy prosecuting polluters, one could find him paddling the Locust or Mulberry Forks of the Black Warrior River. An Eagle Scout and an avid kayaker, Mark feels very strongly about preserving the quality and integrity of his state's waterways. Mark was named “Legal Hero” by the Sierra Club in 2006 for his innovative work in using citizen gathered water monitoring data to curtail pollution from a large hog farm in North Alabama. These same techniques help Black Warrior Riverkeeper bring polluters in our watershed to justice.