Dawn Valore Martin

Dawn V. Martin has twenty-six years of legal experience, all in civil rights, public service, teaching law and/or policy development. She has developed national policy in the areas of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) Law and has published authoritative works on this subject. Dawn has special expertise in EEO and other matters related to police and fire departments, as indicated by her article, “911: How Will Police and Fire Departments Respond to Public Safety Needs and the Americans with Disabilities Act?” Dawn dedicated her article, to the memory of her father, Alfonzo Q. Martin, a former New York City police officer and firefighter. She has been employed by, or served as a consultant for, several police departments and/or law enforcement agencies. She has served as: a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (Honors Program); a trial attorney with the New York State Office of the Attorney General, Civil Rights Bureau; a trial attorney with the Legal Aid Society of New York, Civil Division (Bronx Office); Assistant General Counsel with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department; and a Senior Attorney-Advisor and Special Assistant to Commissioner Tucker at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and served in a temporary appointment with United States Department of Agriculture as Acting Deputy General Counsel for Civil Rights. Dawn has also been a law professor, at both Howard University and Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, teaching Equal Employment Law, Torts, Evidence and Race as a Factor in American Law. Dawn set legal precedent in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, with her own personal litigation against Howard University.