A partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, John’s practice focuses on product liability and business litigation, electronic discovery, and information management. 

As a leader of the Nelson Mullins Electronic Discovery and Information Management practice group and Nelson Mullins Encompass E-Discovery and Document Review Solutions, John advises clients on privacy and information security issues and implements defensible approaches to the preservation, collection, and production of electronically stored information for litigation, government requests, and internal investigations. Clients often call on John to develop both offensive and defensive electronic discovery strategies and to prepare company witnesses to address challenging data related issues. John helps clients with the selection and management of electronic discovery vendors as well as the development of cost-effective, large-scale document review strategies.  John currently serves as the editor-in-chief of the Defense Research Institute’s publication E-Discovery Connection and is a member of the Sedona Conference’s Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production. 

John regularly represents drug and medical device companies, manufacturers, and other industries in product liability and business litigation.  John has served as both national coordinating counsel and local counsel in pharmaceutical mass tort litigation. A member of the South Carolina Bar, John is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. John has been admitted to practice pro hac vice in courts across the United States. 

John is a member of the Defense Research Institute and its Electronic Discovery and Drug & Medical Device committees. A member of the American Bar Association and its Business Litigation and Products Liability sections, John is also a member of the Richland County Bar Association and the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association. John has served on the South Carolina Bar’s Ethics Advisory Committee, Professional Responsibility Committee, Practice & Procedure Committee and its Resolution of Fee Disputes Board. From 2000-2004, John served on the South Carolina State Elections Commission. 

John earned a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2000 and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the South Carolina Honors College at the University of South Carolina in 1996. 

John is a frequent speaker at national events on topics related to electronic discovery and information management.  Planned and past engagements include: 

• "Legal Information Risk Management,” American Corporate Counsel, South Carolina Chapter (May 2011)
• “Websites, Texting and Tweets—Oh My!  Managing Technology Risks of the Drug and Device Companies,” DRI Drug & Medical Device Seminar (May 2011)
• “Managing Records in the Cloud,” ARMA South Carolina Annual State Seminar (April 2011)
• “Managing Electronically Stored Information Before, During, and After Litigation: Views from the Trenches and the Benches,” ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting (April 2011)
• Legal Information Risk Management: New Challenges and Opportunities for Corporate Counsel,” Association of Corporate Counsel, Charlotte Chapter (February 2011)
• “Managing E-Discovery Risks and Costs in Small Cases,” Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting and Seminar (July 2010)
• “Prioritizing Your Legal Technology Spend During Economic Turmoil,” IQPC Legal Technology Exchange Program (October 2009)
• “Emerging Issues Regarding Electronic Discovery,” Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel 2009 Annual Meeting and Seminar (July 2009)
• “Emerging Ethics Issues,” North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys 32nd Annual Spring Program & Meeting (June 2009)
• “Emerging Ethics Issues,” Defense Research Institute Electronic Discovery Seminar (May 2009)
• “Emerging Issues in e-Discovery,” DRI Southern Regional Meeting (June 2008)
• “A Law Firm’s eDiscovery and Litigation Readiness Practice: Overview, Strategy and Successes,” Ikon Executive Technology Roundtable (September 2009)
• “How to Handle e-Discovery & Ethical Issues of Disclosure,” Kentucky Defense Counsel Fall Seminar (October 2008)
• “Managing U.S. e-Discovery Obligations in the context of non-U.S. Data Privacy Regulations,” Corporate E-Discovery Forum (September 2008)
• “Ethics Considerations in E-Discovery,” DRI Southern Regional Meeting (June 2008)
• “E-Discovery and Professionalism,” ICLE Session Sponsored by the Corporate Counsel Law Section and the General Practice and Trial Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia (February 2008)  

Articles and publications which John has authored and edited include: 

• Jon A. Neiditz & John D. Martin, Big Data and Tolkien’s Seeing Stone, Forbes Law & Technology Blog, April 29, 2011.
• John D. Martin, Editor, DRI Electronic Discovery Committee e-Discovery Connection, Volume 6, Issue 1, April 2011.
• John D. Martin, Editor, DRI Electronic Discovery Committee e-Discovery Connection, Volume 5, Issue 3, December 2010.
• John D. Martin, Editor, DRI Electronic Discovery Committee e-Discovery Connection, Volume 5, Issue 2, July 2010.
• John D. Martin, Editor, DRI Electronic Discovery Committee e-Discovery Connection, Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2010.
• John D. Martin, Editor, DRI Electronic Discovery Committee e-Discovery Connection, Winter 2009.
• John D. Martin, “Overcoming Authentication Hurdles to the Admission of Electronic Evidence,” American Bar Association Newsletter, Winter 2009.
• John D. Martin, A Q&A Interview with Attorney John Martin on e-Discovery, South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, July 2009.
• John D. Martin, Editor, DRI Electronic Discovery Committee e-Discovery Connection, Summer 2009.
• James K. Lehman & John D. Martin, Essential Communications in E-Discovery, May 2009.
• John D. Martin & Kenneth R. Hinson, Document Review: Striking the Right Balance to Control Litigation Spend, Defense Research Institute In-House Defense Quarterly, May 2009.
• James K. Lehman, John D. Martin and Daniel R. D’Alberto, Chapter 6 of Electronic Discovery and the 30(b)(6) Deposition, April 2009.
• John D. Martin, Editor, DRI Electronic Discovery Committee e-Discovery Connection, Spring 2009.
• John D. Martin and Heyward R. Dodkin (Bonyata), A Twitter-Sweet Reality, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Newsletter, December 31, 2008.
• John D. Martin, Editor, DRI Electronic Discovery Committee e-Discovery Connection, February, 2008.
• John D. Martin & Daniel R. D’Alberto, Electronic Discovery and the Rule 26(f) Conference, For the Defense, January 2008.
• John D. Martin, Editor, DRI Electronic Discovery Committee e-Discovery Connection, April, 2007.
• John D. Martin, Watch What You Type, Interview by Lawrence Bivins for North Carolina Magazine, September 2006.
• John D. Martin, Editor, DRI Electronic Discovery Committee e-Discovery Connection, June 2006.
• J. Mark Jones & John D. Martin, Organizing an Effective Response to Electronic Discovery, South Carolina Lawyer, July 2004.
• J. Mark Jones & John D. Martin, Electronic Discovery—Developing Solutions to New and Complex Challenges, South Carolina Lawyer, May 2004.