Boyce Ficklen Martin, Jr.
(1935- )

 
Date and Place of Birth
  • October 23, 1935, Boston, Massachusetts
Education
  • Davidson College, A. B., 1957
  • University of Virginia, J.D., 1963
  • Hanover College, LLD, 2006
Military Service
  • United States Army, Captain, Active & Reserve, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1957-1966
Private Practice
  • Associate, Brown & Eldred, Louisville, Kentucky, 1966-1968
  • Associate, Stites & McElwain, Louisville, Kentucky, 1968-1972
  • Partner, Greenebaum, Martin, Barnett & McConnell, Louisville, Kentucky, 1972-1974
Judicial Experience
  • Law Clerk, the Honorable Shackelford Miller, Jr., U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1963-1964.
  • Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, 1974-1976
  • Chief Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1976-1979
  • Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1979-1996, 2003-present
  • Chief Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1996-2003 ; Chief Judge Emeritus 2003 to present
Judicial Committees & Activities
  • Sixth Circuit Judicial Council, Executive Committee Member, 1979-1996, 2003-present
    • Chair, Sixth Circuit Judicial Council, 1996-2003
  • Judicial Conference of the United States, Executive Committee, 1998-2003
    • Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee, 1988-1993
Government Service
  • Assistant U. S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1964-1965
  • U. S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1965
  • First Assistant, Jefferson County Attorney, 1970-1974
Academic Positions
  • Instructor, Southern Police Institute, 1963-1965
  • Instructor of Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedures, University of Louisville School of Law, 1965-1967
Professional Associations
  • Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations
  • American Bar Association and American Bar Foundation
  • American Judicature Society
  • Conference of Appellate Judge
  • Committee of State Trial Judges to Review the Standards of Juvenile Justice
Civic & Other Activities
  • President, Louisville-Jefferson County Chapter, American Cancer Society, 1965-1967
  • Davidson College
    • Board of Visitors, 1980-1986
    • Trustee, 1995-1999
    • Elected Trustee Emeritus, 2000
  • Isaac W. Bernheim Foundation
    • Trustee, 1981-1997
    • Chairman, 1984-1995
    • Elected Trustee Emeritus, 2000
  • Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana
    • Trustee (1982-present)
    • Vice-Chairman (1992-1997)
    • Chairman (1998-2006)
    • Elected Trustee Emeritus (2007)
  • Louisville Zoological Society, 1969-1974
    • President, 1971-1974
  • Secretary, Board of Directors, Metropolitan YMCA of Greater Louisville, 1968-1974
  • Secretary, Board of Directors, Blue Ridge Assembly YMCA. Black Mountain, N. C., 1968-1974
  • Executive Board, Old Kentucky Home Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1968-1972
  • Chairman, YMCA Committee on Urban Problems, 1970
Honors and Awards
  • President's Award, Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency, 1968
  • Judge of the Year, Metro Louisville, Kentucky Bar Associaiton, 2001
  • Judge of the Year, Louisville Bar Association, 2004
  • Judge of the Year, Kentucky Bar Association, 2007
  • Judicial Recognition Award, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2007