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'''Mark Martin''' (born in | :''This article is about the environmental attorney. For other uses, see [[Mark Martin (disambiguation)]].'' | ||
'''Mark Martin''' (born c. [[1955]] in [[Oxford]]) is the prosecuting attorney for [[Black Warrior Riverkeeper]]. | |||
Martin began practicing law in 1981 after | Martin graduated from [[Oxford High School]] and earned his bachelor's degree at [[Jacksonville State University]]. He began practicing law in [[1981]] after completing a juris doctorate at [[Samford University]]'s [[Cumberland School of Law]]. Martin has worked on a diverse array of legal issues, ranging from criminal defense to protecting Alabama's rivers and creeks. Martin has been with Black Warrior Riverkeeper since its inception in 2002. Martin is also an avid kayaker of the the [[Locust Fork River|Locust]] and [[Mulberry Fork]]s of the [[Black Warrior River]]. | ||
Martin 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 techniques have also helped Black Warrior Riverkeeper expose other polluters in the river's watershed. | Martin 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 techniques have also helped Black Warrior Riverkeeper expose other polluters in the river's watershed. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[http://www.blackwarriorriver.org/martin.html Bio at Black Warrior Riverkeeper] | * [http://www.blackwarriorriver.org/martin.html Bio at Black Warrior Riverkeeper] | ||
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[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
[[Category:Oxford High School graduates]] | |||
[[Category:Jacksonville State alumni]] | |||
[[Category:Cumberland School of Law alumni]] | |||
[[Category:Attorneys]] | [[Category:Attorneys]] | ||
[[Category:Environmental activists]] | [[Category:Environmental activists]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:39, 2 September 2022
- This article is about the environmental attorney. For other uses, see Mark Martin (disambiguation).
Mark Martin (born c. 1955 in Oxford) is the prosecuting attorney for Black Warrior Riverkeeper.
Martin graduated from Oxford High School and earned his bachelor's degree at Jacksonville State University. He began practicing law in 1981 after completing a juris doctorate at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law. Martin has worked on a diverse array of legal issues, ranging from criminal defense to protecting Alabama's rivers and creeks. Martin has been with Black Warrior Riverkeeper since its inception in 2002. Martin is also an avid kayaker of the the Locust and Mulberry Forks of the Black Warrior River.
Martin 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 techniques have also helped Black Warrior Riverkeeper expose other polluters in the river's watershed.