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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Offices
MERIDIAN, 17TH FLOOR
1320 MAIN STREET
COLUMBIA, SC 29201
SOUTH CAROLINA
United States
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John Martin
Position
Partner
Career
John is a litigation partner whose practice focuses on the interplay of high stakes litigation, electronic discovery, information management, and cybersecurity. He is a leader of the Nelson Mullins Electronic Discovery and Information Management practice group, Nelson Mullins Encompass. John’s clients routinely face the challenge of having to collect and produce massive volumes of highly sensitive information in response to litigation, government investigations, and other matters. Clients turn to John and the Nelson Mullins Encompass team to manage the scope of these obligations, identify and mitigate risks, minimize business disruption, and to implement creative solutions to challenging and often disruptive discovery burdens.
Languages
English
Memberships
Memberships:
- South Carolina Bar
- DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar
- Member, Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production, Sedona Conference
Education
University of South Carolina School of Law, JD (2000), University of South Carolina, Honors College, BS, Biology (1996)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > E-discovery
(Leading lawyers)Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP offers comprehensive coverage of the e-discovery practice area, with expertise extending from data collection to the courtroom. The team is praised for being ‘led by real litigators who know how to add value to the case‘, and has experience across a broad range of areas, including trade secrets, evidence spoliation issues, data privacy, and merger and contract disputes. John Martin, who has a background of high-stakes litigation, and a strong record of multi-district disputes and government investigations, leads the team, which is primarily based in Columbia, S.C. Core team members include Heyward Bonyata , who acts as discovery counsel for clients in multiple litigation proceedings, and Lucie Cohen who has experience acting for clients facing interrelated litigation and government inquiries. Julie Flaming is key for pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, product liability, and business litigation. Jarrett Coco, who is particularly active in the health insurance space, and the Charlotte, N.C.-based Travis Bustamante are prominent names at the more junior level.
Lawyer Rankings
- E-discovery United States > Dispute resolution
- Leading lawyers United States > Dispute resolution > E-discovery
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Education
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Government > Government relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Real estate > Real estate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings