Martin S. Pinales

Biography

Criminal defense attorney Marty Pinales represents individuals and companies accused of, or being investigated for, crimes in state and federal courts and across the country. He has more than 40 years of extensive trial, appellate, grand jury, sentencing guideline, and white collar criminal defense experience and knowledge. He has been listed in the Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers.  Additionally, he serves as an adjunct professor and lecturer on criminal trial advocacy and practice across the country.

Marty is a frequent lecturer throughout the United States to various bar associations on a wide array of subjects. He also teaches at the National College of Criminal Defense, part of Mercer Law School in Macon, Georgia, as well as the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in New York. Marty has also had the privilege of teaching trial skills at Legal Aid of China and lecturing for the doctor of laws program at the prestigious Peking Law School.

He is also a past president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL).  Over 12,000 regular members and 25,000 affiliate members form the NACDL throughout the United States as well as internationally. Since 2009 he has been a NGO delegate to the United Nations on human rights.