Boyce Ficklen Martin
 

Hon. Boyce Ficklen Martin Jr.
Firm: United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Address: 540 Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse
100 E. Fifth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202-3988
Phone: (513) 564-7000
Fax: (513) 564-7097
E-mail:
Web site: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/
Position Bar Admissions Education
Honors Published Works Affiliations
Current Employment Position(s):
Judge

Appointed 1979 by President Carter
Bar Admissions:
Kentucky, 1963
Education:
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1963
J.D.

Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, 2006

Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1957
A.B.

Published Works:
The Flood of the Future, 14 University of Toledo Law Review 743, 1983

The Flood of the Present: Congressional Inaction and Judicial Reaction, 16 University of Toledo Law Review 619, 1985

Contemplating Constitutional Values in the Twenty-First Century, 1988 Detroit College Law Review 9, Spring, 1988

The Cornerstone Has No Foundation: Relevant Conduct in Sentencing and the Requirements of Due Process, 3 Seton Hall Const. Law Journal 25, 1993

Advisory Guidelines and Constitutional Infirmities, 5 Federal Sentence Reporter 192, Jan/Feb, 1993

Gee Whiz, the Sky Is Falling, 106 Michigan Law Review: First Impressions 1, 2007

In Defense of Unpublished Opinions, 60 Ohio State Law Journal 177, 1999

Fifty Years Later, It's Time to Mend Brown's Broken Promise, 2004 University of Illinois Law Review 1203, 2004

It's About Time, 9 Green Bag 37, Autumn, 2005

The Sixth Circuit Year in Review - Leading Cases of 1996, 27 University of Memphis Law Review 265, Winter, 1997

Views From the Bench, Louisville Lawyer 36, Spring, 1980

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Instructor, Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure, University of Louisville School of Law, 1965 - 1967

Instructor, Southern Police Institute, 1963 - 1965

Honors and Awards:
Fellow, American Bar Foundation

President's Award, Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency

Judge of the Year, Metro Louisville, Kentucky Bar Association, 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

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Institute of Judicial Administration
Member

American Judicature Society
Member

Federal Bar Association
Member

Kentucky Bar Association
Member

American Bar Foundation
Member

Louisville Bar Association
Member

Kentucky Governor's Council on Health Planning, 1967 - 1971
Member

St. Francis in the Fields Church, Harrods Creek, Kentucky, 1979 - 1983
Vestry Member

Committee, State Trial Judges to Review Standards of Juvenile Justice
Member

Committee for Effective Appellate Advocacy
Member

Conference of Appellate Judges
Member

Davidson College, 1980 - 1986
Board of Visitors

Davidson College, 1995 - 1999
Trustee

Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, 1983 - Present
Trustee

Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, 1992 - Present
Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees

Isaac W. Bernheim Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky, 1981 - Present
Trustee

Isaac W. Bernheim Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky, 1982 - 1995
Chairman, Board of Trustees

Sixth Circuit Judicial Council, 2003 - Present
Executive Committee Member 1979-1996

Sixth Circuit Judicial Council, 1996 - 2003
Chair

Judicial Conference of the United States, 1998 - 2003
Executive Committee

Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee, 1988 - 1993

Davidson College
Elected Trustee Emeritus

Isaac W. Bernheim Foundation
Elected Trustee Emeritus

Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, 1998 - 2006
Chairman

Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana
Elected Trustee Emeritus

Louisville Zoological Society, 1969 - 1974

Louisville Zoological Society, 1971 - 1974
President

Metropolitan YMCA of Greater Louisville, 1968 - 1974
Secretary, Board of Directors

Blue Ridge Assembly YMCA. Black Mountain, N. C., 1968 - 1974
Secretary, Board of Directors

Old Kentucky Home Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1968 - 1972
Executive Board

YMCA Committee on Urban Problems
Chairman

Past Employment Positions:
Emeritus, Chief Judge, 2003 - Present

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Chief Judge, October 1, 1996 - September 30, 2003

Kentucky Court of Appeals, Chief Judge, 1976 - 1979

Jefferson Circuit Court, Judge, 1974 - 1976

Greenebaum, Martin, Barnett & McConnell, Partner, 1972 - 1974

Jefferson County, First Assistant Attorney, 1970 - 1974

Stites & McElwain, Associate, 1968 - 1972

Brown & Eldred, Associate, 1966 - 1968

Western District of Kentucky, Assistant United States Attorney, 1964 - 1965

Hon. Shackelford Miller, Jr., 6th Circuit, Law Clerk, 1963 - 1964

Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army, Captain, Active & Reserve, 1957 - 1966

Birth Information:
1935, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Profile Last Updated:
5/19/2013
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