About Kevin
Kevin Martin earned a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1992. He went on to Columbia Law School, attending in the late 1990s and receiving his J.D. in 1999. Those years framed his early interest in federal practice and appellate work.
He began his legal career immediately after law school, clerking for Judge Silberman in 1999 and serving as a law clerk to Justice Scalia during the October Term 2000. Those two early posts placed him inside the appellate process at the highest level, exposing him to complex briefing and oral argument preparation on a tight schedule.
Martin moved into private practice soon after his clerkships. By 2001 he was a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP. His partnership followed a rapid transition from the chambers of federal judges to a national law firm environment. At Goodwin, he built a practice that regularly engages with federal trial courts, circuit courts of appeal and certain specialty tribunals.
His court admissions are broad. He is admitted in Massachusetts and before multiple federal courts and circuits, including the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Tax Court. He also maintains admission to several regional circuit courts—the 1st, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, D.C. and Federal Circuits are listed—and to district courts in Massachusetts and the Northern District of Illinois, among others. The list also includes the U.S. Supreme Court.
Martin’s work spans civil litigation and appeals. He handles disputes that often raise novel questions of federal law. His practice includes appellate briefing and argument, trial-level litigation in federal court, and matters that reach specialized forums such as the Tax Court and the Court of Federal Claims. Colleagues describe him as precise in briefing and direct in oral argument.
He maintains membership in the Massachusetts State Bar. That membership supports his practice and keeps him engaged with developments in state and federal rules affecting litigation strategy.
Martin remains a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP. He continues to represent clients in federal litigation and appellate matters, focusing his practice on cases in federal trial courts, circuit courts of appeal, and specialized federal tribunals.
