Background
Martin, Boyce Ficklen was born on October 23, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Boyce Ficklen and Helen Artt Martin.
Martin, Boyce Ficklen was born on October 23, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Boyce Ficklen and Helen Artt Martin.
AB, Davidson College, 1957; Juris Doctor, University of Virginia, 1963.
Law clerk to Shackelford Miller, Junior, chief judge, United States Court Appeals for 6th Circuit, Cincinnati, 1963-1964; assistant, United State Attorneys Western District Kentucky, Louisville, 1964; United State Attorneys, Western District Kentucky, 1965; private practice law, Louisville, 1966-1974; judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, 1974-1976; chief judge, Court Appeals Kentucky, Louisville, 1976-1979; judge, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit), Cincinnati and Louisville, 1979-1996; chief judge, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit), Cincinnati and Louisville, since 1996. Member judicial county United States Court Appeals (6th circuit), 1979-1996, chairman, since 1996. Member Judicial Conference of the United States, since 1996, Executive Committee, since 1998.
Member vestry St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, Harrods Creek, Kentucky, 1979-1983. Board visitors Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1980-1986, trustee, since 1994. Trustee Isaac W. Bernheim Foundation, Louisville, 1981-1997, chairman, 1982-1995.
Trustee Blackacre Foundation, Inc., Louisville, 1983-1994, chairman, 1986-1994. Trustee Hanover (Indiana) College, since 1982, vice chairman, 1992-1997, chairman, since 1998. Member Executive Board Old Kentucky Home county Boy Scouts of America, 1968-1972.
President Louisville Zoological Commission, 1971-1974. Captain Judge Advocate General Corps United States Army, 1958-1966. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member Institute Judicial Administration, American Judicature Society, Fed Bar Association, American Bar Association (committee effective appellate advocacy Conference Appellate Judges), Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association.
Married Mavin Hamilton Brown, July 8, 1961. Children: Mary V. H., Julia hockey club, Boyce Ficklen III, Robert C. G. World War II.