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Senior Associate Justice Mark D. MartinMark D. Martin
Senior Associate Justice

Date of Birth: April 29, 1963
 
Legal and Judicial Experience

  • Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court (Senior Associate Justice since February 2006)
  • Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
  • Resident Superior Court Judge, Judicial District 3-A
  • Legal Counsel to North Carolina Governor James G. Martin
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law
  • Adjunct Faculty, North Carolina Central University School of Law
  • Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke University School of Law
  • Attorney, McNair Law Firm, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Law Clerk, United States District Judge Clyde H. Hamilton

Professional and Community Activities (Past and Present)

  • American Bar Association
    • Co-Chair, Presidential Commission on Fair and Impartial State Courts
    • Commission on the World Justice Project
    • Advisory Commission to the World Justice Project
    • Program Chair, Judicial Division
    • Vice Chair and Secretary, Appellate Judges Conference
    • Editorial Board, The Judges' Journal
    • Long-Range Planning Committee, Appellate Judges Conference
    • Nominating Committee, Appellate Judges Conference
    • Coalition for Justice
    • John Marshall Award Review Committee
    • Commission on State Court Funding
    • Coalition for Justice Representative, Committee to Develop National Issues Forum Program on the American Jury
    • Judicial Division Representative, Committee to Develop National Issues Forum Program on Separation of Powers
  • Appellate Judges Education Institute
    • 2008 Summit Chair
    • Program Planning Committee
    • Board of Directors
  • American Judicature Society
    • National Advisory Council
  • American Law Institute
  • Chair, Commission on the Future of the North Carolina Business Court
  • North Carolina Judicial Conference
    • Secretary
    • Co-Chair, Legislative Liaison Committee
  • North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges
    • Legislation and Law Reform Committee
  • North Carolina Bar Association
    • Vice President
    • Litigation Section Council
    • Program Committee for Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary
    • Strategic Planning and Emerging Trends Committee
    • Minorities in the Profession Committee
    • Multidisciplinary Practice Task Force
  • North Carolina Council for Women
  • Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, and Who’s Who in American Law
  • Order of the Long Leaf Pine (Highest Civilian Award in North Carolina)
  • Council of State Governments Toll Fellowship Program
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Western Carolina University
  • Fellow, North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership
  • Service Award, City of Raleigh Community Services Department
  • Honorary Member, Beta Gamma Sigma Business Fraternity
  • Wake County Bar Association
    • Board of Directors
    • Lunch with a Lawyer Participant
  • Carolina Law Alumni Board of Directors


Educational Background

  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Judicial Process, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Graduate, General Jurisdiction Course, National Judicial College
  • J.D. with honors, University of North Carolina School of Law
    • Editor-in-Chief, N.C. Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation
    • James E. & Carolyn B. Davis Society
    • Lloyd C. Balfour Fellow
  • B.S. summa cum laude, Western Carolina University
    • Outstanding Senior Award, School of Business
    • Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society in Economics
    • Business Manager, Western Carolinian Newspaper

 
 
 
   
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