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Boyce Ficklen Martin Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
Boyce Ficklen Martin Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Education
- Davidson CollegeA.B., 1957
- University of Virginia School of LawJ.D., 1963
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Shackelford Miller, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1963-1964; Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1964; U.S. attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, 1965; Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky, 1966-1974; Judge, Kentucky Circuit Court, Thirtieth Judicial Circuit, 1974-1976; Chief judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1976-1979; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1997-2003
Biography
Boyce Ficklen Martin Jr. (October 23, 1935 – June 1, 2016) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, Martin served as chief judge of the circuit from 1996 to 2003 and wrote more than 1,100 opinions during his 34-year tenure. Martin lived in Louisville, Kentucky.
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