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Verrill Welcomes Trial Attorney Martin C. Topol

November 8, 2021 Press Releases

(November 8, 2021) – Verrill is pleased to welcome Martin C. Topol to the firm’s growing Litigation & Trial Group, resident in its Portland office.

Topol represents corporate and individual clients across the spectrum of civil and criminal matters at all stages of litigation, from case initiation through trial and appeal. Most recently, Topol was a litigator at another Portland firm and before that, he gained extensive experience in complex, high-profile litigation at one of the largest law firms in the country, where he focused on matters involving antitrust, First Amendment, appellate (state, federal, and US Supreme Court), white-collar and criminal defense, among others. Following law school, Topol began his appellate training as a Law Clerk for Chief Judge Jeffrey Howard of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Prior to pursuing his law degree, Topol served as an intelligence analyst for the Federal Bureau of Investigation working on a range of criminal and national-security matters.

Topol earned an A.B. cum laude from Princeton University and a J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School.

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