Mark Martin (judge)
| Mark D. Martin | |
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| Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| Appointed by | Governor Pat McCrory |
| Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
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In office 1999–2014 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | April 29, 1963 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina School of Law |
Mark D. Martin (born April 29, 1963) is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. He was appointed by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, to become Chief Justice on Sept. 1, upon the retirement of Sarah Parker. Martin was already running for the seat in the 2014 general election.
With over twenty years of service in the North Carolina judiciary, Martin has experience on the Supreme Court of North Carolina, the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and the North Carolina Superior Court. At the time of his installation in 1999, he was the youngest Supreme Court Justice in North Carolina history. He was also the youngest person ever elected to the state Court of Appeals.
Martin received his J.D. degree, with honors, at the University of North Carolina School of Law and received a B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Western Carolina University. He also has a Master of Laws (LL.M.) Degree in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia. During law school, Martin served as Editor-in-Chief of the North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation and was inducted into the Davis Society.
After graduating from law school, Martin served as a judicial law clerk to United States District Judge Clyde H. Hamilton. Following his clerkship, Martin practiced law at the McNair Law Firm in Raleigh, North Carolina. He then served as Legal Counsel to James G. Martin, the Governor of North Carolina, until his appointment in 1992 as Resident Superior Court Judge in Pitt County, North Carolina. From 1994 to 1999, he served as a Judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He began serving as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of North Carolina in January 1999, and became the Senior Associate Justice in February 2006. He was re-elected to an eight-year term in November 2006.
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