About the Firm's Lead Attorney and Founder

Matthew Martell, in private practice for the past 9 years, has represented clients charged with a variety of criminal offenses, represented veterans in the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and represented clients in litigation ranging from Civil Rights violations to mechanics lien disputes. After hearing from his clients about the tremendous difficulty they face in finding employment and housing -- due to their arrest records -- he decided to make expungement law a primary focus of his practice.

More Background and Experience:

• - Adjunct Professor of Public Safety Management at Calumet College of St. Joseph. Among the courses he has taught are Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure and Civil Liability.
• - Graduated from University of Wisconsin Law School, Class of 1999.
• - Serves as a local prosecutor for a nearby suburb of Chicago, so he has worked on, and knows, "both sides" of the criminal law.
• - Licensed to practice law in all Illinois State Courts, all Wisconsin State Courts, Federal District Courts in Madison, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois, and the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
• - Member of the Illinois State Bar Association and Wisconsin Bar Association.
• - Regularly appears in Cook County courtrooms in all 6 Districts, from Markham to Rolling Meadows, on behalf of a wide variety of clients in criminal and civil matters.
• - Believes in a hands-on, get-involved approach to a law practice, and is involved in every single case the firm handles.
• - Lives in Hyde Park, a robust neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, near his alma mater, the University of Chicago.