Marteal Lamb
Name: Marteal Lamb
Age: 28 — forever
Family: Husband, Richard Lamb, mother, Mildred Singleton-Anderson, father, Arthur Anderson, sister, Anna Singleton-Graham, niece, Khya R. Singleton
Pets: None
Education: B.A. English, University of Michigan, J.D. Florida Coastal School of Law
Admitted to the Bar: April 2007
Employed by: Self-employed at the Law Office of Marteal Lamb, P.L.C.
Field of practice: Civil litigation, foreclosure defense, homeowners’ associations, employment law
Professional organizations: Jacksonville Bar Association, Lawyer’s Roundtable, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Tort and Trial Lawyers Division, BNI, Net Worth-Jacksonville.
Community involvement:
• JALACARE — partnership with Jacksonville attorneys, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid (JALA) and area high schools to teach teenagers how to handle budgeting and credit.
• Pro Bono for Jax Kids — attorneys helping kids in dependency, guardianship, or adoption proceedings.
• Remnant Seventh-Day Adventist Church
How did you get involved?
• JALACARE — talked to Atheia Inman at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid about helping kids better understand finances before they go to college.
• Pro Bono for Jax Kids program — attended a “Pro Bono You can Handle” continuing legal education program and got information and referral to a pro bono case.
How can someone else get involved?
Call Atheia Inman at 356-8371, ext. 377 for JALACARE, or Jodi Seitlin at 359-5550 for Pro Bono for Jax Kids.
What have you learned/achieved through the experience?
Kids can drive you crazy — in a good way. The kids didn’t know the real cost of credit, check cashing and the negative impact of a bad credit rating, and how it can affect your job. Also, giving time and effort to children can be extremely rewarding. A student did actually ask me if their parents could start a charge account using their name. They didn’t know that the parents could secure a credit card with a child’s social security number. It was bad news, but at least they learned about it. They also really didn’t understand the cost of cashing a check at check cashing centers. That is something they learned they could prevent.
What was the last book you read or are reading?
“The Ministry of Healing”, a book about Christ’s healing ministry in biblical times by Ellen White.