COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Judge M. Yvette Miller, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Georgia, announced today that William L. Martin, III, the Court's Clerk and Court Administrator, has decided to retire from the Court effective August 1, 2010. Chief Judge Miller in speaking for all of the judges on the Court said she regretted to see Martin tender his resignation because he has done an excellent job leading the Court for many years. The judges reluctantly accepted Martin's resignation. Martin said that other than the judges, he is the highest paid employee on the Court and due to budget cuts, the Court will have to operate its fiscal year 2011, which begins July 1, 2010, with $935,000 less than it had to operate last year.

Martin came to the Court on January 1, 1994 as the sixth Clerk and the first ever Court Administrator of the Court. Prior to that time, Martin had served as the District Court Administrator for the Seventh Judicial Administrative District from 1981 until his tenure with the Court of Appeals. Martin is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law and practiced law in Bremen, Georgia and Douglasville, Georgia from 1974 until July 1, 1981 when he became associated with the Seventh Judicial Administrative District.

For more information contact:

William L. Martin, III

Clerk and Court Administrator

Court of Appeals of Georgia

(404) 656-3450