Overview
Jonathan serves as Managing Partner of the Macon office. He focuses his practice in employment discrimination litigation for management, defending corporations in lawsuits arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA), as well as related state laws. Mr. Martin also represents management in traditional labor law issues under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and in wage & hour issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Prior to being in private practice, Jonathan, who is also a Colonel in the Georgia Air National Guard, served as a military lawyer in the Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps. While in the Air Force, Jonathan held an appointment as a Special Assistant United States Attorney, representing the United States in United States Magistrate Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
The former Chairman of the State Bar of Georgia’s Employers’ Duties & Problems Committee, and a past Chair of the Executive Committee of the Georgia Department of Labor’s Georgia Employer Committee, Jonathan conducts extensive management training on labor and employment law subjects for corporations and government agencies throughout the United States. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Directors for Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia & the CSRA, former President of the Board of Directors for Leadership Macon, and the former Chairman of the Council on Alcohol and Drugs, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce affiliate that oversees Georgia's “Drugs Don't Work” program.
Honors & Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in America® (2021-2023)
- BTI Client Service All-Star (2013)
- Georgia Trend's 40 Under 40
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Excellence
- Rising Star, Georgia Super Lawyers® (2006)
Professional & Civic Associations
Press Room
About Me
- "Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something."
- Thomas Alva Edison
Practice Emphasis
- Management Training
- Labor Relations Counseling
- Traditional Labor Law
- NLRB Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Protective Covenants
- Wage & Hour Issues
- Class Action Litigation
Industries
Education
Mercer University School of Law
- J.D., magna cum laude, 1994
University of Georgia
- B.B.A., cum laude, 1991
Bar & Court Admissions
- Georgia, 1994
- Georgia Supreme Court
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Georgia Superior Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Military Appeals
- Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
- United States Supreme Court
- Registered Mediator (Georgia)
Languages
- German