Martina Watson Pickett

Martina Watson Pickett is a Staff Attorney with the Nonprofit & Small Business Legal Assistance Programs at the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center. In this role, she focuses on providing legal support to nonprofit organizations through direct counseling, legal clinics, and educational programming. She also builds partnerships with community organizations, law firms, and government agencies to expand access to legal resources for nonprofits across the District.

Before joining the Pro Bono Center, Martina was a Clinical Teaching Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. There, she began developing scholarship focused on business sustainability and alternative ownership structures. Her work pays particular attention to racial equity and the long-term economic resilience of mission-driven organizations and communities of color.

Martina holds a B.A. in Psychology from Winston-Salem State University and a J.D. from New York Law School, and an LL.M. in Advocacy from Georgetown University Law Center. She is licensed to practice law in New York and the District of Columbia.