President
Mario Martínez
Mario Martínez has been a farm worker rights lawyer since 1999 when he began working with the United Farm Workers of America (“UFW”) after being awarded a two year post-graduate fellowship from Equal Justice Works. In 2015, Mario joined Edgar Aguilasocho and Tom Lynch in forming Martinez Aguilasocho Law, Inc. (formerly Martinez Aguilasocho & Lynch, A Professional Law Corporation) ("MAL"). Mario has a unique appreciation for the work performed by our clients, as he comes from a family of farmworkers and himself labored in the grape fields of Southern California as a child.
In his many years working with UFW and MAL, Mario has engaged in the representation of low-income farm workers and other low-income wage earners in complex class actions in state and federal courts in California. Mario has represented low wage earners in some capacity in virtually every agricultural industry in California, as well as in Florida, Washington, Oregon, and other states, including representing workers performing work in the following agricultural industries: table grape, wine grape, strawberry, raspberry, mushroom, citrus, tree fruit, flower, apple, artichoke, lettuce, broccoli, and other vegetables. Mario currently serves as General Counsel for the UFW.
Mario graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law and has been a licensed California attorney since 1999. Mario is admitted to the United States District Courts in the Central, Eastern, Southern, and Northern Districts of California, and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Education
UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW
Juris Doctor, 1998
UC RIVERSIDE
B.A., Philosophy, 1994
Activities & Affiliations
Farmworker Justice, Board of Directors
CA State Bar, Labor & Employment Section, Member
Bar Admissions
California Bar, 1999
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States District Courts in the Central, Eastern, and Northern Districts of California
Vice President
Edgar Iván Aguilasocho
Edgar Iván Aguilasocho has been a farm worker rights lawyer since 2013. Prior to that, Edgar was part of the 2012 inaugural class at UCI Law, where he was engaged in the effort to launch UCI as a premier public interest law school, participating directly in the formation of a number of ongoing institutions including the UCI Law Immigrant Rights Clinic and the Global Justice Summit.
After law school, Edgar moved to the San Joaquín Valley to work as a staff attorney for the United Farm Workers of America (“UFW”). As a staff attorney for the United Farm Workers, Edgar served as lead trial counsel for the UFW in Gerawan Farming, Inc. (2016) 42 ALRB No. 1, the largest hearing in the history of California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board, spanning 105 hearing days with 130 witnesses.
In 2015, Edgar partnered with seasoned farm worker attorneys Mario Martínez and Tom Lynch to form MAL, Inc. (formerly Martínez Aguilasocho & Lynch), a private, public interest law firm based in California's Central Valley and dedicated to the mission of improving the lives of farm workers and their families. At MAL, Edgar primarily litigates labor matters, wage and hour class actions, and other workers’ rights cases. Edgar is also the General Counsel for the UFW Foundation.
Edgar is a graduate of the UC Irvine School of Law. Edgar has been a licensed California attorney since 2012, a licensed Washington attorney since 2020, and is admitted to the United States District Courts in the Central, Eastern, and Northern Districts of California, and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Education
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW
Juris Doctor, pro bono high honors, 2012
UCI Law Legacy Award (awarded to select members of the UCI Law inaugural class)
UC RIVERSIDE
B.A., Philosophy, magna cum laude, 2009
Oliver A. Johnson Award for Outstanding Philosophy Student, 2008 – 2009
Bar Admissions
California Bar, 2012
Washington Bar, 2020
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States District Courts in the Eastern, Central, and Northern Districts of California, and the Eastern District of Washington
Activities & Affiliations
California Employment Lawyers Association, Member
National Lawyers Guild, Member
California State Bar, Labor & Employment Section, Member
Virtuist, Founder