Martha
Ballou is a broadly experienced lawyer who has practiced Family Law for over 20
years.Starting first as an organizer
for low income people, Martha became a political organizer in the late 1970s,
and worked on the staff of Gov, Rudy Perpich where she ran the state’s homeless
and hungry programs and worked on the State’s response to the Farm Crisis.
When she
became a lawyer in 1989, Martha initially focused on battered women.She expanded her practice to divorce and
separation, child custody and support, Orders for Protection, Immigration law,
and Gay Family Law.
A graduate
of William Mitchell College of Law (J.D 1987), Wayne State University, Detroit
(MSW 1972) and the University of Missouri (BA 1964), Martha made advocacy her
whole career – as an attorney, political organizer, and community activist.
She is a
Certified Mediator, and has taught CLE courses on Contracting for Gay Marriage
at the Family Law Institute, and Health Insurance costs.She has been a mentor to new legal students
and has been very active in community and political affairs for forty years.
Martha
has an adult son who works for Google in California.
