Firth Johnston Martinez

EDWARD "ED" BUNN

Associate

2002-04: Washburn University School of Law, J.D.
1999-01: Harvard University, M.A.
1996: University of Texas at El Paso, B.A.


HIGHLIGHTS_____________________________________________________

Extensive Professional and College Football Experience – Player and Coach
Harvard University, Master of Liberal Arts, with honors
Academic Scholarship – Harvard 
Dean’s List Academic Achievement – Harvard
Washington Redskins, 1993 (3rd Round Draft Pick)

ATHLETIC AWARDS_______________________________________________

National Championships:
   National Championship (NCAA) Football (punting) – 1992
   Grand National Championship (NMA) Motocross – 1981 

NCAA First Team All-American Honors – UTEP
National Champion and NCAA Record Holder – UTEP
Nation’s leading punter – college & professional (47.8 yards per punt) – 1992 – UTEP
Associated Press and Walter Camp First Team All-American Award – UTEP
Nine All American Awards – UTEP
Washington Redskins – 3rd round draft pick – 1993

EDUCATION______________________________________________________

Washburn University School of Law
   Juris Doctor, 2004
  Top Grade – Commercial Paper

Harvard University
  Master of Liberal Arts, with honors, Government, 2001
  Academic Scholarship
  Dean’s List Academic Achievement Award – highest award bestowed 

University of Texas at El Paso
   Bachelor of Liberal Arts, British and American Literature, 1996
  Dean’s List 1994 – 1996  

PUBLICATIONS____________________________________________________

Lifting as She Climbed: Bessie Coleman’s Contributions to the Elevation of Black Women (Cambridge Lighthouse Press, 2001).

Democratic Thought: Selected Writings of Edward Bunn (Upland Press, 2003). 

Internet Software Piracy and the NET Act: A Historical and Perspective Analysis of Cybercrime and Cyberlaw in the United States (McBride Press, 2004). 

The Origin of Western Judicial Systems: The Roman Empire’s Praetors, Jurists, and Advocates (Voltaire Publishers 2005).

“Internet Software Piracy: Mom and Pop Slingin’ Warez,” @Law Magazine, Volume 54, Issue 2, Fall 2005.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS______________________________________

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of New Mexico
American Bar Association
El Paso Bar Association
National Football League Alumni Association  (Player)
National Football League Players Association – Contract Advisor

PRESENTATIONS__________________________________________________ 

Are Your Wages Set In Beijing? Presentation based on “The Immiseration of Low-Skill Workers in the United States and Europe” by Richard B. Freeman concerning trade between the United States and Europe with third world countries (4/2000).

Commerce and Coalitions: How Trade Affects Domestic Political Alignment. Presentation based on Ronald Rogoswki’s theory of world trade politics and simple models of polity and economy (3/2000).

The Impact of the Loss of the Panama Canal. Independent research concerning the consequences of the return by the United States of control of the Panama Canal to Panama (11/2000).

Texas Bar Association, Litigation Section – Internet connectivity and the productivity of websites and databases (8/1998). 

VOLUNTEER WORK AND PRESENTATIONS_____________________________

Special Olympics – 1991, 1992 – Presentation entitled “Perseverance in Life and Sports” to the participants of the Special Olympics, followed by aiding participants of the various events as they finished competition throughout the day (6/91). 

Substance Abuse Awareness for College Athletes. Montwood High School, El Paso, TX. Presentation to high school students and football team regarding controlled substances and educational requirements for college athletes (9/91).

College Athletics and Controlled Substances.  Bel-Air High School, El Paso, TX. Presentation to high school students and football team regarding controlled substances and educational requirements for college athletes (10/91).

NCAA Participation and Scholarship. El Paso High School, El Paso, TX. Presentation to high school students and football team regarding controlled substances and educational requirements for college athletes (10/91).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE________________________________________

Firth Johnston Martinez, Professional Legal Corporation
El Paso, TX – 2005 to Present
   Attorney at Law
   Sports Management Agent

Harvard University, Department of Sociology
Cambridge, MA – 2000 to 2002    
   Network administration for PC/Unix environment

Virtual Research Associates, Inc.  

Weston, MA – 2000 to 2003
    Consultant, network administration and security

G-Lock Software
Minsk, Belarus –1999 to 2002
    Consultant, network administration and diagnostic programming

Pure Image, Inc. – El Paso, TX – Co–Owner & Co–Founder – 1996 to 2000
   Computer network design, construction and maintenance 
   Windows 95/98/NT/2000, Unix, Novell, Microsoft Office 
   First Fidelity Corporation – network design
    Tigua Casino and Gaming Commission – network and website administration
   Tigua police station and library – network and website administration
    Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo courthouse – network and website administration

Al Knock Interiors – network and website administration 

Professional Kicking Services, Inc.
 Reno, NV – 1994 to 1998
    Professional Football Player, coaching college and high school

Washington Redskins
 Ashburn, VA – 1993
   Professional Football Player (punter 3rd Round Draft Pick)

 
  







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