Angie Martell

Angie Martell is an experienced attorney and mediator with over 30 years of legal experience. Angie is the founder and managing partner of Iglesia Martell Law Firm, PLLC.  She is a results driven and creative problem solver with a proven record who excels at strategy and exploring innovative solutions to every day problems. Angie graduated with a Masters of Law from Harvard Law School, a Juris Doctorate degree from the City University of New York Law School, a Masters in Media from the New School for Social Research, and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Literature from New York University.  She is fluent in Spanish, American Sign Language, and Portuguese.

She is an eternal optimist who believes that as lawyers change how they practice law so must the law change and if the law changes transforming it transforms the world.  She believes that “if the hammer is the only tool in your box then every problem begins to look like a nail.”  Angie started her legal career as a civil rights lawyer and has worked extensively in the areas of in-house general counsel matters, civil rights, family law, LGBT issues, employee rights, criminal defense, mediation, and arbitration. She has litigated in State Courts, Criminal Courts, District Courts, Circuit Courts, Federal Courts, and Administrative Tribunals.

She is:

• Licensed to practice law in
  • Michigan
  • New York
  • Massachusetts
  • The District Court of Puerto Rico
• Admitted to: 
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • United States District Court of Eastern Michigan
  • United States District Courts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
  • The District Court in the District of Massachusetts
• A Member of:
  • The State Bar of Michigan
  • The American Bar Association
  • The Washtenaw County Bar Association
  • The National LGBT Bar Association
• A Past Member of:
  • The Board of Directors of the Hispanic Bar Association
  • The American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • The Washtenaw Region of the Women’s Law Association of Michigan
  • The Stonewall Bar Association
  • The Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan
• Is the recipient of The Washtenaw County Bar Association’s 2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream” Award for oustanding service in the community and dedication to building trust and respect between the community and the legal system and for tireless devotion to the cause of social justice to secure the fair and equal treatment for all individuals under the law.
• Completed 40 hour Training Workshop on Domestic Relations Mediation Training, General Civil Mediation Training, 8 hours Domestic Violence Screening Training, Interdisciplinary Training and Domestic Collaborative Practice Training.
• Completed the Institute of Continuing Legal Education Probate and Family Certificate Programs
• Independent Sector Alumni Hall of Distinction, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities.
• Past Cooperating Attorney with LAMBDA Legal Defense and Education Fund: co-wrote the amicus brief, In the Matter of Sharon Kowalski, Court of Appeals for the State of Minnesota.
• Certified by International Association of Reiki Professionals as a Reiki Master.
• Chair-elect Legal Council of the State Bar of Michigan LGBTQA Section
• Certified in Conscious Contracts Training
• Certified in Peacemaking Circles