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A judge not only gave this man a second chance, but he gave him a challenge.  It paid off big time. This story begins with a young man in trouble with the law that seemingly had a rough future ahead of him.  Edward Martell was a 27-year-old high school drop when he appeared in court for drug charges in 2005.  Martell was facing up to 20 years in prison for selling cocaine when Wayne County Circuit Judge Bruce Morrow challenged the young Inkster man according to deadlinedetroit.com, “He said, ‘I challenge you to be a CEO of a Fortune 500 company instead of being out here selling drugs,�...

Edward Martell could've been given 20 years in prison in 2005, but instead the Judge took a chance and was repaid handsomely.

Edward Martell’s journey from crack dealer to attorney began when a Michigan judge gave him a break

In 2005, Edward Martell was in Wayne County Circuit Judge Bruce Morrow's courtroom, waiting to hear his fate — he was 27 and facing up to 20 years in prison for drug dealing. "Any other judge would have flushed me," Martell told Deadline Detroit, but Morrow said "everybody needs love" and instead gave Martell three years probation and implored him to become "a CEO of a Fortune 500 company instead of being out here selling drugs." Martell received full-ride scholarships at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he attended undergrad and law school.

A former drug dealer is now an attorney after he was sworn in before the same judge who encouraged him to do more with his life. When Ed Martell, from Inkster, Michigan, was 27, he stood in front of Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Morrow as a drug dealer about to be jailed for multiple years. Now, sixteen years later, Martell has completely transformed his life, as he was sworn in before the very same judge as an attorney. Credits: FOX 13 Back in the early 2000s, Ed was a high school dropout trying to make ends meet by selling drugs. Following several run-ins with the law, he was expec...