Ben Martin has dedicated his career to helping individuals and families whose lives have been shattered by catastrophic injury and wrongful death. He has represented thousands of clients, from people injured in the oilfield to those harmed by medical negligence and dangerous products, including defective machinery, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. He has tried numerous cases to verdict in Texas, Mississippi, Wisconsin, California and Arkansas and has represented people in all 50 states.
A national leader in IVC filter complication litigation, Ben is co-lead counsel in Cook IVC filter MDL 2570, Southern District of Indiana, co-lead counsel in the Philadelphia Rex Argon IVC filter JCCP and serves on the plaintiffs’ steering committees in the national Cook, Bard, and Cordis MDL’s and the Philadelphia Pa. Rex Argon JCCP as well as the plaintiff steering committee for the Exactech MDL sitting in the Eastern District of New York. Ben has extensive experience in both state and federal pharmaceutical litigation, representing those harmed by the drugs fen-phen, Vioxx, Risperdal, Xarelto, Zofran and many others, as well as medical devices such as transvaginal mesh, medical staplers, IVC filters, and defective hip and knee implants.
Ben is an Advocate member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and has served as president of its Dallas Chapter.
University of North Texas, B.B.A., 1983
Baylor University School of Law, J.D., 1986
Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Licensed to practice in all Texas state courts
Licensed to practice in all Pennsylvania state courts
Member of the bar of the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Claims
Advocate, The American Board of Trial Advocates
Founder’s Member, American Association of Justice
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Dallas Bar Association
American Bar Association
Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, Honorary Lifetime Member
Southern Trial Lawyers Association
Texas Bar Foundation
Best Lawyers in America, 2023 edition
Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2005-present
Best Lawyers in Dallas, mass tort, D Magazine 2022
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers, 2011-present
Top 25 Mass Tort Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers, 2016
Top 10 Personal Injury Verdicts in Texas in 2021, Wright v. C.R. Bard Inc., et al.,
AV Preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubbell
Preparation of the Personal Injury Case – From the Initial Interview Through Trial, State Bar of Texas Summer Bar Seminar, Cancun, Mexico
Trying the Wrongful Death Case in Texas: Strategies in Preparation and Valuation, National Business Institute, Dallas, Texas
Personal Injury – Anatomy of a Case, Advanced Civil Trial Seminar for Attorneys, Legal Assistants, and Other Legal Professionals, Legal Assistants Division, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas
Physician and Hospital Liability, Problem Based Sleep Medicine Course for the Primary Care Practitioner: Establishing a Differential Diagnosis and Treatment Plan, The Houston Sleep Consortium, Houston, Texas
Evidence for Paralegals: Obtaining, Managing and Using All Types of Information, Opinion Evidence, speaker
Causation, Texas State Bar 2009 Advanced Personal Injury Trial Course, Dallas, Texas
Bard G2 IVC Filter Litigation Update Webinar, AAJ Education
IVC Filter Litigation Update, Mass Torts Made Perfect, Las Vegas, NV, Spring and Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018
Filters and Fractures, The Ongoing Saga of IVC Filters, published in The Trial Lawyer Magazine, Spring 2016
Medical Stapler Litigation, Harris Martin Webinar 2020
Medical Stapler Litigation, Harris Martin Webinar 2021
Handling Mass Torts, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans Spring 2019
Former Adjunct Professor, Southern Methodist University School of Law
Former Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy
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