Martin E. Pulverman - Santa Barbara, CA
Attorney at Pulverman & Pulverman, LLP
Personal Injury Lawyers in Santa Barbara, CA
1307 State Street Second Floor Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- Free Consultation
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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45
Years
Experience
Santa Barbara Personal Injury Lawyer
Updated: 02/16/2026
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury
Attorney Information
Overview
For the past twenty (20) years Martin Pulverman has represented hundreds of injury victims. Specializing in the fields of personal injuries, product liability, professional negligence and general litigation, Martin has pursued fair results for his clients and their families.
In 1976 Martin graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He received his Juris Doctor from Hastings College of Law in 1979. He was employed as a Staff Attorney for the Superior Court before private practice. He is a member of Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Santa Barbara County Bar Association.
He has handled a wide variety of appellate matters in the fields of constitutional law, product liability, professional negligence, defamation, and insurance broker malpractice. Reported decisions in the California Supreme Court and Appellate Courts include:
Taormina Theosophical Community, Inc. v. Silver (1983) 140 Cal.App.3d 964 (constitutional law)
Southwell v. Mallery Stern & Warford (1987) 194 Cal.App.3d 140 (defamation)
Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles (1990) 220 Cal.App.3d 864 (general litigation)
Nowlon v. Koram Insurance Center, Inc. (1991) 1 Cal.App.4th 1437 (insurance broker malpractice)
ITT v. Niles (1994) 9 Cal.4th 245 (legal malpractice)
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Southern California Super Lawyers, 2008 - 2009
- Southern California Super Lawyers, 2011 - 2022
Other Sources of Feedback About Martin E. Pulverman
Included on the 2026 Southern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Southern California Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings),
San Francisco,
California, 1979
J.D.
Law Journal: Research, Hastings COMM/ENT, a Journal of Communications and Entertainment Law, Executive Editor, 1978 - 1979
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University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings),
San Francisco,
California, 1979
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Non Legal Education
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University of California,
Santa Barbara, 1976
B.A.
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University of California,
Santa Barbara, 1976
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Past Positions
- Kern County Superior Court Law and Motion Department, Staff Attorney, 1983 - 1984
Representative Cases
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Taormina Theosophical Community, Inc. v. Silver
- Citation: 140 Cal.App.3d 964
- Year: 1983
- Serial Number: 1983113254
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Southwell v. Mallery Stern & Warford
- Citation: 194 Cal.App.3d 140
- Year: 1987
- Serial Number: 1987103651
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Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles
- Citation: 220 Cal.App.3d 864
- Year: 1990
- Serial Number: 1990083905
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Nowlon v. Koram Insurance Center, Inc.
- Citation: 1 Cal.App.4th 1437
- Year: 1991
- Serial Number: 1991205602
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ITT v. Niles
- Citation: 9 Cal.4th 245
- Year: 1994
- Serial Number: 1995020524
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Safeco Insurance Company of America v. Parks, 122 Cal. App. 4th 779
- Year: 2004
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Safeco Insurance Company of America v. Parks, 170 Cal. App. 4th 992
- Year: 2009
Bar Admissions
- California, 1981
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1981
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1981
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1981
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1981
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
Other Affiliations
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Santa Barbara County Bar
- Los Angeles County Bar
- American Association of Justice
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
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Contact
1307 State Street
Second Floor
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805-335-2776
Fax: 805-962-3156
Email: Send a message
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