Dioli, Martin D.

"An Experienced Trial Lawyer Devoted to Wisdom and Excellence - Who Cares, Prays, and Fights for You."

Along with being an attorney, I am also an ordained minister, former television legal expert, and former investigative journalist.

I am also the founder of Holy Women Ministries International, a ministry devoted to helping women succeed by applying the principles of God's word to their lives. I attend church at The Wisdom Center in Ft. Worth, Texas.

I consider the practice of law to be not only a business and profession, but also a calling. I care about people and want to help them succeed. I have a passion for justice and am grieved when I see people treated unfairly and harshly in the legal system. I believe in the attributes of compassion, mercy and restoration. As a Christian who believes in and stands on the word of God, I know that we all make mistakes and that God's will is for us to repent and get our lives back on track and to live in line with the Word of God. 

I know that it's possible for a person who makes a mistake to get his or her life back on track and to walk in victory and success. As a Christian attorney and ordained minister, my goal is to be a guide and coach to my clients not only in solving their legal problems, but in getting their life in order as well. I have been blessed to have seen many clients who made serious mistakes get their lives back on track and to go forward with success.

I care about my clients and pray with them and for them. My mission is to not only assist them in solving their legal problems, but to assist them in discerning and fulfilling God's will, direction, path and destiny for their lives as well. I want God's best for them.

I was born in Chicago and grew up in Benton, Arkansas, where I attended Westside Junior High and was a cheerleader. I was named outstanding English student, outstanding art student, and outstanding science student. I also won first place in the state science fair in the Junior High Microbiology Division. I graduated from Benton High school, where I was on the honor roll, in school choir, and editor of the school newspaper. I was named Editor of the Year, Division II, by the Arkansas High School Press Association.

I became interested in law during my senior year at Ouachita Baptist University, where I graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology and minor in history and political science. I was named to the President's List, Dean's List, and National Dean's List, and was a recipient of the OBU Student Foundation Scholarship for Academic Achievement. I was also staff writer for the OBU News Bureau and editorial writer for the college newspaper. I received a 3rd place award for editorial writing among Arkansas Colleges and Universities, and was also vice president of the Student Senate. While in college, I received a summer news internship at both the Arkansas Gazette and television station KTHV-11.

While attending law school, I was an investigative reporter for the Arkansas Democrat. I received a Distinguished Service Award from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Journalism Department for a 10-part series about my investigation of the state's child welfare system written for that newspaper.

I began practicing law in April, 1987, and hosted weekly reports on legal issues, entitled The Law and You, on local radio station KARN 920 AM. I was also a host of the talk show Reece's Dialogue on Comcast Cable in Little Rock, and have appeared as legal expert on Arkansas Today with Beth Ward and Today's THV News.

In 1990, I was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the Arkansas House of Representatives in West Little Rock. I was a former state committee representative for the Pulaski County Young Democrats, and am a former member of the Pulaski County Democratic committee.

In my spare time, I enjoy traveling, working out at the gym, shopping, and reading on a wide variety of topics, including leadership, management, business, motivation, health and nutrition, world affairs, and personal growth. I also love oil painting, music, nature, art, animals, architecture, interior design and learning in general. For a good laugh, I also enjoy watching old Jackie Chan movies and playing with my four dogs and parrot.