Martin N. Erwin

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A trial attorney with more than twenty-five years of experience, Martin Erwin devotes his practice to labor and employment law on a state and national level.

He began his career in 1968 as an insurance defense lawyer, defending numerous personal injury cases as well as a high volume of workers' compensation cases.  Since then, Mr. Erwin's labor and employment matters have required full-time attention.  Perhaps the most significant source of satisfaction to him, however, has been the role he has played in assisting clients to avoid litigation in the first place.


Education

  • J.D., with high honors, University of North Carolina School of Law, 1967
  • M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1965
  • B.A., Wake Forest University, 1959

Admissions

  • North Carolina, 1967

Achievements

  • Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.), Labor and Employment Law, listed more than 20 years
  • Martindale-Hubbell's top ("AV") Peer Review Rating *
  • Business North Carolina's Legal Elite for Labor and Employment, 2009
  • Selected by Law & Politics Magazine for inclusion in North Carolina Super Lawyers, Labor and Employment, 2006-2010
  • Recognized by Chambers and Partners, USA, as one of North Carolina Leaders, Employment, 2005-2010

* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.

Professional Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • Greensboro Bar Association

Experience

  •  Clerkship, Judge Braxton Craven, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1967-1968
  • Tried at least 40 race, age, sex, plant-closing and wage hour cases to judgment
  • Numerous EEOC charges and unfair labor practice charges before the NLRB
  • Eight NLRB elections, has negotiated five initial collective bargaining agreements, and has arbitrated a number of union grievances
  • Active in ERISA litigation matters.

Publications

  • "Employees Have Right to Co-Worker Support During Disciplinary Meetings" – August 18, 2000
  • "NLRB Mandates Coworker Representation In Non-Union Settings" – Work Cite – August 15, 2000
  • "Employers Can Prevent Office Romance From Disrupting Workplace" – September 17, 1999