Maximum Compensation for Injured People
No Fee Unless We Win Your Case
Recovered millions of dollars in jury verdicts, settlements, and mediations, over 45 years. Founder and Past President Suburban bar Coalition. Super lawyer and leading lawyer. Taught "Exhibits" for prospective Federal Trial Bar candidates. Frequent author and lecturer, ISBA, NWSBA, Decalogue Society of Lawyers. Published articles, ITLA Trial Journal and ISBA ''Tort Trends". Courses taken Fred lane's "Trial Techniques" "Medicine For Lawyers", and "Mediation". Past President NWSBA. Chaired many committees. Served 2 terms ISBA Assembly, Member Budget and Audit Committee. long time member Illinois Trial lawyers Association.
Appointed to various committees. Elected ITLA Board of Advocacy, 2024. NWSBA Chairs "Judges' Night" and "Civil Litigation". Winner of NWSBA "Pay It Forward" Award.
Areas Of Practice
- Personal Injury
- Nursing Home Negligence
- Premises
- Construction Injury
- Municipal Tort Liability
Education
- Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
- Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1977
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: American Jurisprudence Award Constitutional Law
- University of Illinois, Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
- B.A. - 1974
- Major: Sociology
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1977
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1977
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1979
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1979
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1980
- United States Supreme Court, 1982
Litigation
- 100%
Languages
- Spanish
- French
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Member, Board of Advocacy 2024, 1980 to 2025
- Illinois State Bar Association, Member, Torts Section Council, 1995 to 2025
Pro Bono Activities
- Board of Trustees Temple Beth-El Men's Club
- Assigned cases, Federal District court
Current Employment Position
- Associate
Representative Clients
- Chicago Board of Education
Representative Cases
- Safian v Village of Palatine, 1990, Trial
- Witmer v Pyne, 1997, IIC Trial
- Majca v Beekill, 701 N.E.2d 1084, (1988), 1998, Illinois Supreme Court
Specialties and Certifications
- Expert Witness - Law Firm Management
Classes and Seminars
- ISBA "Anatomy of a Trial"; "Foundations", ISBA, 2010 to 2025
- "Preparing Witnesses For Testimony", ISBA, 2016 to 2025
Past Positions
- Law Office of Martin L. Glink, Founder, 1995 to 2025
- Kovitz, Shifrin, & Nesbit, Partner, 1984 to 1995
Fraternities and Sororities
- Alpha Epsilon Pi
Published Works
- Motions in Limine, ISBA
- Apparent Agency, ISBA
Honors
- ITLA Board of Advocacy, 2024
- ISBA Past Chair Torts Section Council, 2000
References
- Rick Erikson
- Dennis Favaro
- Jim Sulzer
- Paul Motin