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FOR JUDY Perry Martinez, pro bono work and community service are vital components of a truly profitable career. As a commercial litigant and partner with Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn LLP,
Martinez works with an array of cases from employment law to director and officer liability, environmental law and insurance defense. But it's her many roles in public service that she relishes most. "I practice in a firm that's committed to public service," she says, and her many civic involvements bear out her dedication.
The University of New Orleans and Tulane Law School graduate's work with the American Bar Association (ABA) extends far beyond the call of duty, and she has been involved with numerous facets of the ABA throughout her entire career as an attorney. Her present work with the ABA includes chairing its Commission on Domestic Violence, a policymaking body working to coordinate and organize national domestic violence groups and serving as a delegate-at-large in the ABA's House of Delegates. Other commitments with the organization range far and wide: membership in...