Martier, Robert L.

Robert graduated with honors  from Millsaps College and the University of Mississippi School of Law. He served as Editor In Chief of the Mississippi Law Journal.   After graduating, Robert clerked for the Honorable W. Eugene Davis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and later practiced with the firm of Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis in New Orleans, specializing in natural resources and commercial litigation.  In 1990, he was the Burlington Northern Fellow in Natural Resources Law at the University Of Colorado School Of Law.  He left New Orleans to serve as the managing attorney for the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund in its Rocky Mountain office in Denver, Colorado.  In 2012 he was awarded the Sierra Club's William O. Douglas award for outstanding achievement in using the legal process for environmental protection.   Rober t is currently the resident partner in the Mississippi office of Waltzer Wiygul & Garside, LLP, where he litigates on behalf of landowners, small businesses, individuals and environmental organizations in state and federal courts nationwide.  He is a member of the Louisiana, Mississippi and Colorado bars.  Robert is a frequent writer and speaker on environmental law.