Jonathan
Martin focuses his practice
in employment discrimination litigation for management, defending
corporations in law suits arising under Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(ADEA), and the American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA),
as well as related state laws. Mr. Martin also represents management
in traditional labor law issues under the National Labor Relations
Act (NLRA) and in wage & hour issues under the Fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA).
Prior to being in private practice, Mr. Martin, who is also a
Reserve Air Force officer, served as a military lawyer in the
Air Force Judge Advocate General's Department. While in the Air
Force, Mr. Martin held an appointment as a Special Assistant
United States Attorney, representing the United States in United
States Magistrate Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
The former chairman of the State Bar of Georgia’s Employers’ Duties & Problems
Committee, and a current Executive Board member, and the Legislative
Aide, to the Georgia Department’s of Labor’s Georgia
Employer Committee, Mr. Martin conducts extensive management
training on labor and employment law subjects for corporations
and government agencies throughout the South. He is the former
Chairman of the Board of Directors for Goodwill Industries of
Middle Georgia & the CSRA, and the current President of the
Board of Directors for Leadership Macon.
Publications/Presentations
Contributing co-author to the Mercer Law Review publishing
an annual article on Labor & Employment Law for the Annual Survey of
Georgia Law
Contributing editor to the American Bar Associations’ definitive
treatise on labor relations, THE DEVELOPING LABOR LAW
Professional Activities/Associations
Executive Board (Legislative Aide)(2003-present), Georgia Department
of Labor's Employer Committee; Executive Board (Legislative Chair)(2002),
Member (2001-present), Augusta Area Society for Human Resource
Management (SHRM); Vice-Chairman (2002-2003), Member (2000-2003)
Macon-Bibb County Work Force Investment Board; Chairman (2000-2001),
Member (2000-present), Employer's Duties & Problems Committee,
Younger Lawyer's Division, State Bar of Georgia; Member At Large,
(2005-present), Board of Directors, Younger Lawyer’s Division,
State Bar of Georgia; Member (2000 – present), Labor & Employment
Section, State Bar of Georgia; Advisor (2005-2006), Human Resources
Committee, Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (R)(8th District, Georgia).
Awards and
Recognitions
Georgia Rising Star
Civic/Charitable Activities/Associations
Board Chair (2005), Board of Directors (2000-present) Goodwill
Industries of Middle Georgia & the CSRA; Chairman (2000-2004), Business Advisory Council,
Goodwill Industries; Board of Directors (2002-2004); Board Chair (2006), Board
of Directors (2000-present), Leadership Macon (Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce);
Hay House (Georgia Historic Trust) (2000-2004); President (1999-2000), Member
(1998-2000), Youth Leadership Bibb County; Administrative Board Member (1997-2001),
Nominations Committee (2004 – present), Vineville United
Methodist Church.
Other Personal Background Information
Jonathan and his wife, Beth, have two children, Harrison and Tripp and a Black
Lab, Hunter.
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