WILLIAM L. MARTIN, III

3034 Chapel Hill Road	334 State Judicial Building

Douglasville, Georgia 30135	Atlanta, Georgia 30334

Home: (770) 949-0678	Office: (404) 657-8352

EDUCATION

University of Georgia, School of Law

Athens, Georgia

Graduated 1974, J.D. Degree

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

Graduated 1969, B.A. Degree, Journalism

Hogansville High School

Hogansville, Georgia

Graduated 1965

STATE SERVICE

1994 - Present	CLERK AND COURT ADMINISTRATOR

COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA

Began the position of Clerk and Court Administrator for the Court of Appeals of Georgia on January 1, 1994. In addition to overseeing a Clerk's Office staff of 10 persons, the position requires administrative responsibility for 3 floating administrative assistants. Clerk's duties include: receiving, inspecting and docketing records transmitted to the Court of Appeals from the various trial courts of the State of Georgia; insuring proper docketing, filing and transmitting of records to the individual judges' offices and respective panels; in conjunction with judges, setting oral argument dates and preparing oral argument calendars and court bench dockets; docketing all briefs, motions and disseminating all orders and opinions, as well as sending out remittiturs and notices of remittitur.

Serve as first Court Administrator for the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Duties include: development of a records retention schedule for the court; revising court rules; updating the court's internal operations manual; updating the Court History book; preparing and developing a book of form orders for use by central staff attorneys and staff attorneys with the judge's offices; compiling, maintaining and updating clerk's office operations manuals, drafting legislation for presentation to the Georgia General Assembly; tracking the legislation affecting the courts; serving as a registered agent or lobbyist for the Court of Appeals to the Georgia General Assembly; directing and participating in the court's ceremonial functions (i.e., swearing in a new chief judge, retirement of judge and mass swearing in of attorneys); serving as secretary to the court's en banc meetings; preparing and distributing minutes of the court's en banc meetings; serving on the electronic dissemination committee with representatives of the Supreme Court, State Bar Admissions and the Supreme Court/Court of Appeals Technical Services Divisions; preparing caseload statistical reports; assisting the court's fiscal officer in budget preparation and facilities and space management; interviewing, evaluating and hiring Clerk's Office personnel and floating administrative assistants; recommending promotions and raises for Clerk's Office personnel.

1981 - 1993	DISTRICT COURT ADMINISTRATOR

SEVENTH JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT

Served as a regional court administrator to seven judicial circuits - Lookout Mountain, Conasauga, Rome, Cherokee, Tallapoosa, Cobb and Douglas. Worked under the direction of the Administrative Judge, a superior court judge elected by the District Council which is composed of the Superior Court judges of the District. Duties included: judge assignments in cases of recusals, sickness or absence; case management; jury management; statistical analysis of caseload data; computerization of jury selection processes and computerization of Superior Court Clerks' Offices; served as staff to the District Council; arranged for monthly meetings of the 33 judges comprising the District Council; arranged a yearly meeting and dinner of the District Council with the state legislators within the District and the county commissioners of the 14 counties within the District. Member of the Budget Committee for the 10 Judicial Administrative Districts of Georgia, a committee responsible for allocating and administering an annual budget in excess of $1,200,000.00. Served as Chair of the 10 District Court Administrators for Georgia, 1992-1993.

LAW PRACTICE

1978 - 1981	Private practice, Douglasville, Georgia.

Engaged in the general practice of law. Managing partner in the firm of Hartley, Martin, Rowe & Fowler.

1977 - 1978	Clerk to the Honorable Harold L. Murphy, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia.

1974 - 1977	Private practice, Bremen, Georgia.

Judge, Recorder's Court, Bremen, Georgia (1976-1977).

MILITARY SERVICE

1970 - 1972	United States Army

Served Headquarters Command, Fort Jackson Army Training Center

Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Southern European Task Force

Vincenza, Italy

(Information Specialist)

PERSONAL BACKGROUND

BORN	Newnan, Georgia

March 9, 1947

MARRIED	The former Sara G. Shelnutt

CHILDREN	Benjamin S. Martin, age 19

Emily K. Martin, age 12

HEALTH	Excellent

RELIGIOUS

PREFERENCE	Episcopalian

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

MEMBER:	Douglas County Bar Association

Secretary, 1979 - 1980

Tallapoosa Circuit Bar Association (1974-1983)

Treasurer, March 1979 - 1983

Douglas Circuit Bar Association

State Bar of Georgia

National Association for Court Management

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND

CONTINUING EDUCATION

September 18, 1997	Georgia Appellate Practice.	Served on the faculty for a one-day seminar

Atlanta, GA	on Appellate Practice and Procedure in Georgia sponsored by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia.

August 6, 1997	Employment, Discharge and Documentation. Labor law seminar sponsored

Atlanta, GA	by Lormon Educational Services, Inc. dealing with hiring, and discharge; documentation of employee and personnel matters.

May 2, 1997	Served on the faculty for the Juvenile Court Clerk's Annual Spring Seminar

Jekyll Island, GA	sponsored by the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia.

January 29, 1997	Served on the faculty on the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia's

Athens, GA	annual winter seminar for prosecuting officers of the state.

May 19, 1996	Georgia Appellate Practice Seminar. Served on faculty of the Institute of Atlanta, GA	Continuing Legal Education seminar on Appellate Procedure and Practice in Georgia.

May 4, 1995	Employment and Labor Law in Georgia. Attended a seminar sponsored by Atlanta, GA	Lormon Educational Services, Inc., on labor law in Georgia including requirements under Fair Labor Standards Act, Americans with Disabilities Act and sexual harassment policies.

March 12, 1993	Americans with Disabilities Act. Comprehensive one-day seminar sponsored

Atlanta, GA	by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia on the impact of ADA in the public and private sectors.

December 9, 1992	Labor Law Institute. Requirements of ADA in the work force.

Atlanta, GA

November 18, 1992	Served as lecturer to the Superior Court Clerks of Georgia at their annual Savannah, Georgia	training seminar. Addressed the clerks on the topic of personal security in the clerk's office.

October 4-6, 1991	Justice Center of Atlanta: Mediation Training. Attended a 20-hour

LaGrange , GA	training session on becoming qualified as a mediator. Completed 20 hours of observing mediations ; I am a sworn and certified mediator.

September 16, 1991	Civil Arbitration Program. Attended a one-day seminar sponsored by

Decatur, GA	Fulton County Superior Court and DeKalb County Superior Court on civil arbitration. I am presently a sworn and certified arbitrator for the Fulton County and DeKalb County civil arbitration programs.

August 12-14, 1991	Institute for Court Management, National Center for State Courts: Court

San Francisco, CA	Security Management. Attended a three-day seminar to learn modern approaches to courtroom security and courthouse security. Studied the different approaches to the technical applications which are available today as well as the psychological approaches regarding those persons who would breach courthouse security.

May 28-30, 1991	Georgia Courts Futures Conferences. Invited to serve on a blue ribbon

Athens, GA	panel of 100 judges, legislators, educators, law clerks, lawyers, architects and court administrators, representing a cross section of the state to plan for the future of Georgia's court system. Served on the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Futures Conference. ADR panel members included the then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Harold Clark; Jack Watson, Esquire, former Chief of Staff for President Jimmy Carter; Honorable Clarence Cooper, U.S. District Court Judge, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division.

October 15-17, 1990	Annual Fall Training Seminar for Superior Court Clerks of Georgia.

Savannah, GA	Lecturer to the clerks discussing the annual caseload analysis conducted by the state, the requirements on the clerks under the statutes and the rules for properly marking dockets, and impressing on the clerks the importance of keeping accurate dockets.

August 20-22, 1990	Institute for Court Management: Future Trends in Court Technology. A

San Francisco, CA	three-day seminar conducted by Institute for Court Management, National Center for State Courts, to acquaint participants with the latest trends and development of technology for the courts and to enable them to implement these innovations in the local courts.

August 28-31, 1988	Institute for Court Management: Courts and the Public. A three-day

Atlanta, GA	seminar conducted by Institute for Court Management, National Center for State Courts, to enhance and improve communication skills of court officials in dealing with the public and the media. The seminar included writing press releases and giving video tape interviews which were later critiqued by the class and instructors.

February 7-10, 1988	Institute for Continuing Judicial Education of Geogia and Florida Judiciary Savannah, GA	Education; Medical Issues Facing Judges in the 1980's and 1990's. Current status of refusal, termination and compulsion of treatment in the medical community and under the law; history of AIDS and its impact upon the courts.

February 11-13, 1987	Coastal Georgia Center for Continuing Education: Using Your PC as a Savannah, GA	Management Tool. Practical applications of a personal computer in an organizational structure and professional setting.

May 18-23, 1986	Institute for Court Management: Caseflow Management and Delay

Washington, D.C.	Reduction. Modern methods of calendaring and docket control for the maximization of use of judicial manpower and judicial resources.

February 18-25, 1985	Institute for Court Management: Victim-Witness Programs for Courts.

Orlando, FL	Establishing and maintaining court annexed victim-witness programs.

October 14-17, 1984	Institute for Court Management: Technology in the Courts. Application

Atlanta, GA	of modern technology to the courts.

May 6-9, 1984	Institute for Court Management: Jury Management. Effective utilization Denver, CO	of juror resources.

December 11-14, 1983	Institute for Court Management: Space Management and Facilities

Atlanta, GA	Planning. Effective operations of the courts while maintaining security and acquiring, utilizing and managing space and facilities while maintaining security and effective court operations.

REFERENCES

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SALARY HISTORY

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