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Education:
University of Georgia, B.B.A., J.D., 1964
Darlington School, Rome, Georgia
1957-1958
Columbus High School, Columbus, GA,
1957
Career:
The Martin Firm, LLP, Senior Partner, 1995
- present
Mayor of Columbus, Georgia, (1991 -
1994)
Public Safety Director, (1991 - 1994)
Sole Practitioner, (1976 - 1990)
Martin, Kilpatrick & Davidson, P.C.,
(1974 - 1975)
Assistant District Attorney, (1966 -
1970) Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit
Young, Dicus, & Martin, 1965
Cartledge & Cartledge, 1964-1965
Professional Organizations:
State Bar of Georgia
American Board of Criminal Lawyers,
President 1989
Phi Delta Phi International Legal
Fraternity, 1962
Community Service:
Frances M. Duncan Award, awarded by
Mayor's Committee for Persons with Disabilities, Columbus Consolidated government (2000)
As Mayor, preside over City Council
(1991-1994)
Chairman, Columbus Government Pension
Board (1991-1994)
Member of Board of Directors: Columbus
Water Works (1991-1994)
Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau
(1991-1994)
Columbus Health Department (1991-1994)
Vice-Chairman, Columbus 1996 Olympic
Committee (1993-96)
Georgia State Co-Chairman, "Clinton for
President" Committee, 1992
Executive Committee, Democratic Party
of Georgia, (1992-1995)
Professional Enrichment:
Legal Delegate for People to People,
Citizens Ambassador Program. Visited and exchanged legal knowledge with lawyers and judges of the
following countries:
- 1985: Italy, Greece & Egypt
- 1988: Sweden, Russia, Hungary & France
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America
1991/1992
Listed in Who's Who in America
1991/1992/1993/1994/1995
Listed in Who's Who in American Law
Listed in Who's Who in American Politics 1993
Listed in Dictionary of International
Biography 1993
Listed in National Directory of Who's Who in
Executives and Professionals 1998/2002
Listed in Strathmore's Who's Who 2002
Recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor
Society Award for Outstanding Service to Armed Forces Veterans 1993
"Mayor's Hall of Fame" 1994
Recipient of Commanding General's "Iron Mike"
Award, Ft. Benning, Georgia 1994
Recipient of the Kiwanis Club of Columbus,
Georgia's "Victor Kiralfy Good Citizenship Award" 1994
Courts of Admission:
Supreme Court of the United
States, 1971
Supreme Court of Georgia and Court of
Appeals of Georgia, 1964
United States Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit, 1981 & 1996.
United States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit, 1967
United States District Court, Middle
District of Georgia, 1964
United States District Court, Southern
District of Georgia, 1983
United States Army Court of Criminal
Appeals since 1996
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