Background
BLAKE, MARTIN was born on June 13, 1949 in Leeds, England.
BLAKE, MARTIN was born on June 13, 1949 in Leeds, England.
The Queen's University (Bachelor of Laws, Honours, 1971). Inn of Court of Northern Ireland and Gray’s Inn, London (Bachelor of Laws, 1972). President, The Society of the Inns of Court in California, since 1988.
Worked at Baum & Blake. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Northern Ireland. 1980, England and Wales.
1981, California.
Member, The Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court, San Francisco, 1990-1992.
President, The Society of the Inns of Court in California, 1988-1993. Contributing Editor: Civil Practice Series, Bancroft-Whitney, January 1992.
Deposition Manual, State Bar Litigation Section. Author: "Bad Faith Lives - Is There Life After Moredi?" C.T.L.A. Forum, October 1989.
"Crib Death Litigation," Volume 37, American
Junior Trials, November 1988. "Getting Better Results in Judicial Arbitration," San Francisco Attorney, October/November, 1984. "New Directions in Highway Design Cases," American Trial Lawyers Association Magazine, 1995.
Company-Author: "Preparing a Breast Implant Litigation Case Foreign Trial," (A Handbook), Prentice Hall Law & Business, 1993.
Guest Lecturer: The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
California Trial Lawyers Association. Adjunct Professor of Law, Personal Injury Litigation, 1991Hastings College of the Law.
Member: State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, Litigation Section, 1992-1995).
Northern Ireland Bar (Appointed, Northern Ireland Bar Council, 1977-1978). Bar of England and Wales. California Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chair, Motor Vehicle Premises and Highway Safety Section, 1995-1996).
Northern Ireland MedicoLegal Society, 1979-1980. Northern Ireland Bar Council, 1977-1979. Member: State Bar of California.
Northern Ireland Bar.
Bar of England and Wales. California Trial Lawyers Association.
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
San Francisco American Inn of Court.