Matthew Martens, co-chair of the securities litigation and enforcement practice group of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, has one of those hard-to-believe legal resumes: a clerkship with then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist at the Supreme Court, chief of staff for U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, and chief litigation counsel for the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. (At the SEC, he scored Litigator of the Week honors back in 2013 after securing a win in the securities fraud trial against former Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre.)

But Martens is also a believer. A pastor’s kid, he’s a member of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, the holder of a master’s degree in biblical studies from Dallas Theological Seminary, and he’s currently pursuing a second master’s degree, this one in theological ethics, at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. In November, he’ll become a published Christian author. “Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal,” Martens’ in-depth look at the American criminal justice system through the lens of Christian ethics, is set to be released by Crossway.