Law Firm Overview

The Phoenix, Arizona law firm of Martin & Bonnett was founded in 1994 by Susan Martin and Daniel L. Bonnett who are the principals in the firm. Since its inception, the firm has been committed to providing high quality legal representation to a wide variety of unions, employee benefit plans, employee and plaintiff clients on a nation-wide basis in the areas of employee benefits, labor and employment law and civil rights- Attorneys of the firm have been counsel in numerous class action eases on behalf of plaintiff class members asserting claims for employee benefits, compensation and improvement in the terms and conditions of employment.

Martin & Bonnett and its attorneys have extensive class action experience. Its attorneys have served as class counsel and as lead counsel in numerous class action cases including, inter alia, the following class action cases brought on behalf of former employees or retirees: Touraneau v. Uniroyal. Inc., Civ. *86-208 (D.Conn.); Kirkbart v. Forstmann Little & Co., 88 Civ. 2071 (S.D.N.Y.); Dembski v. Fairchild Industries. Inc., 88 Civ. 2953 (E.D.N.Y.); Leroy v. Scovill, Civ N-86-114 (D. Conn.); Johnson v. Georgia Pacific Corp., 19 F.3d 1184 (7th Cir. 1994); Gould v. Loral Corp., 97-02168 PHX-RCB (D. Ariz); Ivelich v. Western Grower’s Pension Trust, 97- 20649SW-(N.D.Ca.); Johnson v. Buckley, 356 F.3d 1067(9th Cir. 2004). Martin & Bonnett served as class counsel in an ERISA case in the District of Arizona with over 1,600 class members. In that case, the Plaintiffs won a motion for summary judgment and achieved a settlement, which was approved by the Court in 2005. Loewy v. Retirement Committee, CV 03-2284-PHX-FJM (D. Ariz.) Martin & Bonnett won partial summary judgment on behalf of Plaintiffs and was recently appointed class counsel in a complex ERISA class action involving approximately 13,000 class members in Allen v. Honeywell Ret. Earnings Plan, No- CVO4-0424 PHX ROS, 382 F.Supp.2d 1139 (D.Ariz. 2005).

Areas of Practice

• Class Actions -- Plaintiff
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Labor Law
• Litigation & Appeals

West Practice Categories

Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals