Beverly Martin
Beverly Baldwin Martin was a federal judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Martin was nominated to the court by President Barack Obama (D) in 2009. Martin retired from the court on September 30, 2021.[1]
Prior to her service on the 11th Circuit, she was a district judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.[1]
Biography
Early life and education
Born in Macon, Georgia, Martin earned her B.A. from Stetson University in 1976 and her J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1981.[1]
Professional career
- 2010 - 2021: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- 2000-2010: Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- 1998-2000: United States Attorney, Middle District of Georgia
- 1994-1998: Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Georgia
- 1997-1998: Acting U.S. attorney
- 1984-1994: Assistant attorney general, Georgia
- 1981-1984: Private practice, Georgia[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
11th Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Beverly Martin |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 215 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: June 19, 2009
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
| Hearing: July 29, 2009
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| Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript |
| QFRs: QFRs (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: September 10, 2009
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| Confirmed: January 20, 2010
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| Vote: 97-0
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Martin was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit by President Barack Obama on June 19, 2009, to a seat vacated by Robert Lanier Anderson. In regards to the nomination, President Obama stated: "Judge Greenaway and Judge Martin have distinguished themselves as first-rate jurists with unflagging integrity and evenhandedness. I am grateful for their service to the states of New Jersey and Georgia and look forward to adding their considerable wisdom and experience to the Third and Eleventh Circuit Courts."[2] The American Bar Association rated Martin Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[3] Hearings on Martin's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 29, 2009, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on September 10, 2009. Martin was confirmed on a recorded 97-0 vote of the U.S. Senate on January 20, 2010, and she received her commission on January 28, 2010.[1][4]
Martin retired on September 30, 2021.[1]
Northern District of Georgia
Martin was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia by President Bill Clinton on March 27, 2000, to a seat vacated by Ernest Tidwell. The American Bar Association rated Martin Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified for the nomination.[5] Hearings on Martin's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 25, 2000, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on June 15, 2000. Martin was confirmed on a voice vote of the United States Senate on June 16, 2000, and she received her commission on August 3, 2000. She resigned from the district court on February 1, 2010, upon her elevation to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][6] She was succeeded in this position by Judge Leigh Martin May.
Noteworthy cases
SCOTUS reverses 11th Circuit in debt collection case (2017)
On May 15, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Midland Funding v. Johnson. The case came on appeal from a judgment of a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Judge Beverly Martin wrote the opinion of the panel. In this case, Midland Funding purchased an overdue credit debt owed by Johnson in Alabama in 2003. Alabama law time-barred collections of such debts after six years. In 2014, Johnson filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Midland filed a claim for the debt under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Code), but Johnson claimed Midland was in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) because Midland knowingly filed a claim that was time-barred by law. In her opinion, Judge Martin rejected a holding of a lower federal court that the Code and the FDCPA were in conflict, ruling, that while creditors can, under the Code, file proofs of claim they know to be time-barred by the relevant statute of limitations, "those creditors are not free from all consequences of filing these claims. The FDCPA does not allow a debt collector to 'use unfair or unconscionable means to collect or attempt to collect any debt.' ... Neither may they 'use any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt.' ... A debt collector who violates one of these rules may face civil liability to the debtor."
In an opinion by Justice Stephen Breyer, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the circuit panel. Justice Breyer, writing for a five-justice majority, stated, "We believe it reasonably clear that Midland’s proof of claim was not 'false, deceptive, or misleading.' ... State law usually determines whether a person has such a right. ... The relevant state law is the law of Alabama. And Alabama’s law, like the law of many States, provides that a creditor has the right to payment of a debt even after the limitations period has expired."[7]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed May 18, 2021
- ↑ White House Press Office, "President Obama Nominates Judge Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. for the Third Circuit, and Judge Beverly B. Martin for United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit," June 19, 2009
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 111th Congress," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 635 - Beverly Baldwin Martin — The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 106th Congress," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 916 - Beverly Baldwin Martin — The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, Midland Funding, LLC, v. Johnson, decided May 15, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Ernest Tidwell |
Northern District of Georgia 2000–2010 |
Succeeded by: Leigh Martin May |
| Preceded by: Robert Lanier Anderson |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 2010 – 2021 |
Succeeded by: TBD
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Timothy Batten • William M. Ray, II • Steve C. Jones • Eleanor L. Ross • Mark Howard Cohen • Leigh Martin May • Jean-Paul Boulee • Michael L. Brown (Georgia) • Steven Grimberg • Victoria Calvert • Sarah Geraghty | ||
| Senior judges |
Orinda Evans • Clarence Cooper • Richard Story • Willis Hunt • Charles Pannell • Amy Totenberg • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Alan Baverman • Walter E. Johnson • Russell G. Vineyard • Linda T. Walker • J. Clay Fuller • Justin Anand • John Larkins (Georgia) • Catherine Salinas • Christopher Bly • Regina Cannon • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Jack Camp • Marvin Shoob • Horace Ward • Owen Forrester • Beverly Martin • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Julie Carnes • William Duffey • Harold Murphy • Robert Vining • John Cochran Nicoll • John Erskine • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Frank Hull • James Hill (Eleventh Circuit) • Henry Kent McCay • William Truslow Newman • Samuel Hale Sibley • Emory Marvin Underwood • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Richard Freeman • Robert Hall (Georgia) • Frank Hooper • William Sloan • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Orinda Evans • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Robert Vining • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Frank Hooper • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) • | ||
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| Nominated | |||
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
