Gabriela (“Gaby”) Martinez is an Associate Attorney at Lieberman, Blecher & Sinkevich P.C. She earned her J.D. cum laude from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, along with an Advanced Certificate in Environmental Law. While in law school, she served as Co-President of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund and was actively involved in the Environmental Law Society and the Latin American Law Students Association.
Gaby’s scholarship has been published in the William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, and she has presented her work at the Pace-Maryland Environmental Law Colloquium.
Before joining the firm, Gaby gained hands-on experience as a Student Associate with the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic. She also served as a Law Clerk in the Litigation Division of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, volunteered with its Legislative Affairs Division, and completed an internship with the National Sea Grant Law Center.
Gaby received her B.S. in Political Science from Montclair State University, graduating magna cum laude with minors in Pre-Law Studies and International Security & Diplomacy.
She is the recipient of numerous academic and professional honors, including the 2024 Puerto Rican Bar Association Scholarship, the 2024 Animal Legal Defense Fund Advancement of Animal Law Scholarship, the 2024 Animal Legal Defense Fund HBCU Scholarship, and Montclair State University’s Tamirian Memorial Scholarship.
