About Alfred J.
Alfred J. Carlson earned a B.S. in Accounting from Villanova University in 1989 and a J.D. from Widener University School of Law in 1992. He entered the legal profession after completing law school and built a practice that draws on both legal training and a foundation in financial analysis. His education informs how he approaches claims and benefit calculations.
He serves as a partner at Martin Law LLC. Over the years he has developed a steady practice centered on workers' compensation matters. He represents individuals and interests in administrative hearings and in filings before state tribunals. He is also involved in the preparation of appeals when cases proceed beyond the administrative level.
Carlson holds a Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Certified Specialist credential from the Pennsylvania State Bar Association. That certification signals specific training and testing on the state's workers' compensation system. It also aligns with his active role in professional organizations that focus on workplace injury law and related legislative issues.
In the Philadelphia Bar Association's Workers' Compensation Section he has played multiple roles. He served as Co-Chair in 2008 and currently acts as the Section's Legislative Liaison. Those positions have involved coordinating input on proposed legislative changes and helping to shape member responses to policy proposals. He is also a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association more broadly.
Outside the Bar Association, Carlson has been a member of the Justinian Society of Philadelphia since 2015. He joined the board of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association in 2011 and continues to serve on that board. Those affiliations keep him connected to trial practitioners and to civic and professional networks in the Philadelphia legal community.
Colleagues say his work blends legal analysis with practical attention to benefits and wage issues. He often handles complex calculations and evidentiary questions that arise in disputed claims. He prepares testimony, reviews medical and vocational reports, and works with experts when cases turn on technical issues.
He is a partner at Martin Law LLC, and his practice centers on workers' compensation law.
