About the Attorney
Brooklyn prosecutor. Chief of the Gang Unit. Assistant United States Attorney. Assistant Federal Defender. Private criminal defense attorney. Retired Major, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
Carlos A. Martir, Jr., Esq. has spent more than forty years in criminal courtrooms. He has tried virtually every type of serious criminal case, from securities fraud to murder, as a state prosecutor, a federal prosecutor, a federal defender, and — since 1998 — as private defense counsel. That range is unusual, and it is the reason clients facing serious exposure seek him out.
He began in 1979 as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York, where he carried a heavy volume of state criminal matters and learned to try cases in a demanding urban court system.
He ultimately served as Chief of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Gang Unit, supervising the investigation and prosecution of organized, multi-defendant violent crime — work that required both trial skill and the management of complex, long-running investigations.
From 1985 to 1997 he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia. Twelve years of federal prosecution gave him direct experience with federal investigative practice, grand juries, federal sentencing, and trial before federal judges and juries.
In 1997 he moved to the defense, joining the Federal Division of the Defender Association of Philadelphia as an Assistant Federal Defender and representing individuals charged with federal crimes in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
He founded the Law Offices of Carlos A. Martir, Jr. in 1998. The practice is limited to criminal defense, with offices in Pennsylvania and New York and federal matters handled throughout the United States. Representation is personal: clients work directly with him.
Alongside his legal career, Carlos served 24 years in the United States Army through active duty and reserve service, retiring as a Major in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. His service included deployments to hostile environments and a year-long deployment to Bosnia in 1996 as part of the NATO peacekeeping mission. The habits it required — preparation, judgment, leadership, and composure under pressure — carry directly into the way he handles a case.
Rutgers University School of Law
J.D., 1979
Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York
B.A. with Honors, 1976
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