{{Short description|American attorney (born 1946)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}}
'''Martin G. Weinberg''' (born 1946)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Olson |first=Kris |date=May 5, 2023 |title=After 50 years, veteran defense lawyer's passion for work hasn't waned |url=https://masslawyersweekly.com/2023/05/05/after-50-years-famed-defense-lawyers-passion-for-work-hasnt-waned/ |access-date=August 9, 2024 |work=Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref> is an American criminal defense attorney who has served as a director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and is currently the co-chair of the NACDL's Lawyers' Assistance Strike Force. He has represented defendants in over twenty federal district courts,<ref name=":1" /> eight U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court, where he successfully argued the landmark Fourth Amendment case United States v. Chadwick. In 2022, he was awarded the NACDL Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of criminal defense law.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Martin Weinberg Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Nation's Criminal Defense Bar |date=August 17, 2022 |url=https://www.nacdl.org/newsrelease/MartyWeinbergLifetimeAchievement |language=en |access-date=August 9, 2024 |website=National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers}}</ref> He graduated from Harvard Law in 1971,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Martin G. Weinberg |url=https://www.martinweinberglaw.com/lawyers/martin-g-weinberg/ |access-date=August 9, 2024 |website=Martin G. Weinberg |language=en}}</ref> and has been practicing law in Boston ever since.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Alanez |first=Tonya |title='Gravely serious charges.' Boston legal experts react to Trump indictment for 2020 election |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/01/metro/gravely-serious-charges-boston-legal-experts-react-trump-indictment-2020-election/ |access-date=August 9, 2024 |website=Boston Globe |language=en-US}}</ref>
His notable clients include Karen Read, in the case of the killing of John O'Keefe.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Klein |first1=Asher |last2=Rosenfield |first2=Michael |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Karen Read's lawyers keep up push for 2 charges to be dismissed |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/karen-read-defense-filing-motion-dismiss/3428784/ |access-date=August 9, 2024 |website=NBC Boston |language=en-US}}</ref>
He also represented notable sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. <ref>{{Cite web |date=August 17, 2019 |title=Millionaire Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking trial set for next year; a million pages of discovery expected |url=https://abcnews.com/US/millionaire-jeffrey-epsteins-sex-trafficking-trial-set-year/story?id=64678798 |access-date=May 16, 2026 |work=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>
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