Clarence E. Martin, III, Esquire
Director

Clarence "CEM" Martin is a Shareholder at Martin & Seibert, L.C. and practices law in the areas of insurance coverage issues, insurance defense litigation, electric utility litigation, railroad defense litigation (FELA), products liability, medical malpractice defense, toxic tort, and asbestos defense litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts. He also lobbies for various interests, including insurance, litigation and civil justice reform issues. Mr. Martin is a former assistant counsel to the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Mr. Martin holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona (A.B. Undergraduate Studies 1968) and a Juris Doctor from Catholic University College of Law (J.D. 1974).

Mr. Martin served a President of the West Virginia Bar Association in 1991-1992. He served on the National Board of the American Board of Trial Advocates from 1986 to 1994; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Board of Directors 1984-1992, Board of Directors of F & M Bank - Martinsburg. He also is a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel and numerous state and local boards. He was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1976-1982; and a Commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Agricultural Workers from 1988-1992. He also served on the Board of Directors of the National Parks and Conservation Association, the Board of Directors of Shenandoah Gas and the Board of Advisors for Shepherd College serving as its Chair from 1990 to 1992 and 1995 to 1997. In 1992 he was appointed to serve on the West Virginia Council for Community and Economic Development, a group that develops and directs the State’s economic development programs and was elected its Secretary and served until 1995. He also chaired the West Virginia Economic Development Foundation and the West Virginia Economic Development Corporation, which are authorized by the Council as private funding corporations for the State’s economic development programs. He served as President of the Discover the REAL West Virginia Foundation from 1993 to 2004, which works on economic development and international trade with U.S. Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV. In 2000, Mr. Martin was invested in the Order of Malta as a Knight of Magisterial Grace. This is one of the highest honors a Catholic layman can receive in recognition of service to the church, community, and his profession. He has also been invested in the Order of the Holy Sepulcher. Mr. Martin currently serves as the Vice Chair and Chair elect of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

He is qualified to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, West Virginia Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania; Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; District of Columbia and Eastern District of Virginia, The Court of Appeals for Maryland, and The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.