Attorney Martin Alperen
Education
Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Monterey, CA
Master of Arts in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense), 2006
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA
Connecticut College, New London, CT
B.A. (with Honors), 1980
Major: Government
Bar Admissions
California
Colorado
Massachusetts
New York
The U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court, District of the Virgin Islands
Publications
Oral Argument on video: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals , San Francisco, 3/17/17, Min Chen v. Sessions, #13-73786
"Foundations of Homeland Security: Law and Policy, Second Edition" John Wiley & Sons, Publishers, February, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-119-28911-1
"Police-Community Relations Fundamental To Homeland Security," Homeland Security Today, Online Edition, 06/05/2016
"Virgin Islands Criminal, Vehicle and Traffic Laws Annotated, 2005 Edition" Lexis Law Publishing, 1999, 2000, 2005, ISBN: 0-8205-6602-0
"Traps for the Unwary: Conflicts of Interest in Criminal Cases" Virgin Islands Bar Journal, V7, #1, 2003
"City Needs to Rethink Emergency Services Hierarchy," Berkeley [California] Daily Planet, July 02, 2009
"Police Community Relations are Fundamental to Homeland Security" Feature Article, Homeland Defense Journal, Special Edition - Dear Mr. President, V6, #6, Dec. 2008
"The Virgin Islands, America's Underbelly" the Economist Magazine, Sept. 2 - 8, 2006
"SkyRepeater," Naval Postgraduate School, 2005
"Poor Use of Homeland Security Money?" St. John Tradewinds, Nov. 14 - 20, 2005
Community Activities
Professional Experience
Law Office of Martin Alperen, San Francisco, CA
Sole proprietor, 2016 - present
Martin J. Alperen, J.D., M.A., San Francisco, CA
Homeland Security/Emergency Management Consulting
2011 - present
District Attorney's Office, San Francisco, CA
Assistant District Attorney
Volunteer, Misdemeanor Division, 2011
University of California San Francisco, Police Department, San Francisco, CA
Homeland Security - Emergency Management Division
Homeland Security/Emergency Management Planner, volunteer, and then employee, Analyst IV, 2009 - 2010
Martin J. Alperen, San Francisco, CA
Self-employed, June 2006 - March 2010
U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice, St. Thomas, VI
Assistant Attorney General/Criminal Trial Attorney/Chief - Civil Asset Forfeiture Unit, 1998 - 2005
St. John Rescue, Inc., St. John, VI
1999 - 2006
President, 2002 - 2006
Law Offices of Martin J. Alperen, Boston & Wayland, MA
Sole Proprietor, 1987 - 1998
Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Richman, New York, NY
Staff Attorney - Insurance Coverage and Negligence Defense, 1986 - 1987
Kings County District Attorney's Office, Brooklyn, NY
Assistant District Attorney/Criminal Trial Attorney, 1985 - 1986
Provincetown Police Department, Provincetown, MA
Police Officer/Uniformed Patrol and Undercover Operations, 1980 - 1983, 1987