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Andrea Martin

Protecting OUR Children and Preserving OUR Families

Children's advocate. She has also received many awards
recognizing her accomplishments.

Andrea Martin is a member of Disciple Central Commu-
nity Church in DeSoto, Texas, where she has been a
member of the choir and a member of the fitness minis-
try and served as a boot camp and running instruc-
tor. Andrea Martin is also a member of the Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc. and is the mother of one child, Oli-
ver.

Andrea Martin's rallying cry is "Protecting Our Chil-
dren!" She is dedicated to doing what it takes to help
ensure Dallas County's next generation has the best op-
portunity for success! Andrea Martin has continued her
mission to PROTECT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN by
helping Foster Kids get jobs so that they are able to take
care of themselves when they leave their foster homes.

But her proudest accomplishment is her Youthful Of-
fender Diversion Court. She launched this Court in June
of 2015 to Fulfill her campaign promise to KEEP OUR
Andrea Martin is a 1996 Graduate from Our Lady of
the Lake University and a 2000 graduate from Texas KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUT OF CAG-
Wesleyan University School of Law. ES! This Court meets each week AFTER her regular
court docket. Once they graduate, these kid's cases are
After law school, Andrea Martin took a position with the dismissed! In two years she is Proud that her Diversion
Dallas County District Attorney's Office and begin pros- Court has THE BEST RESULTS OF ALL THE JUVE-
ecuting criminal cases. Later, Andrea Martin moved to NILE DIVERSION COURT'S with 90 graduates and
the Juvenile court and began representing Child Protec- 0% recidivism rate which means when kids leave her
tive Services in child abuse and neglect cases. In 2003, program THEY DO NOT RETURN TO THE SYS-
Andrea Martin left the District Attorney's Office and TEM!
began her own private practice in Dallas, Texas with an
emphasis on Children and Families. Judge Martin has accomplished a lot since taking the
bench and is proud to let EVERYONE that THIS IS
Andrea Martin has participated in many mentor pro- JUST THE BEGINNING!
grams and continues to be active in the community as a

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