Attorney Martin Alperen

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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
• J.D. (with Honors), 1985
• 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

• Amateur (Ham) Radio Technician - Class License # NP2LW
• Auxiliary Communication Service (ACS), SF Department of Emergency Management. Member 2009 - 2019
• San Francisco Fire Department (NERT Graduate)

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