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Edward Martell once potentially faced years in prison. With a judge's support, he turned his life around.

For Ed Martell the moment he was sworn in as an attorney earlier this month didn't just represent the start of a new career. It marked years of tireless determination - and a journey that started in the very same courtroom.

Ex-Drug Dealer Sworn In By Judge Who Gave Him Second Chance - Detroit, MI - Once selling drugs in a Detroit suburb, Ed Martell has used a Wayne County judge's words as the inspiration he needed to become a lawyer.

Former drug dealer now sworn in as attorney before same judge who challenged him to change his life By Veronica Meadows and David Komer online producer Published  FOX 2 - For Ed Martell the moment he was sworn in as an attorney earlier this month didn't just represent the start of a new career. It marked years of tireless determination - and a journey that started in the very same courtroom.   "I was certain my way it took a miracle, God sent that miracle in the form of a judge behind a bench of all places," he said. Inkster man turns life around from drug dealing to becoming lawyer

by  Nancy Derringer Edward Martell met Wayne County Circuit Judge Bruce Morrow in a place no young man wants to be: Standing in his courtroom, utterly at his mercy. Edward Martell, newly minted lawyer (Photo: Nancy Derringer) It was 2005, and Martell, a 27-year-old high-school dropout from Inkster with no plan for his life other than continuing to sell drugs, was in a very vulnerable position. Out on bail from one arrest in Romulus, he’d been snared by another drug sting in Dearborn Heights. He was looking at prison time, 1 to 20 years of it, for delivery an...