Background
BLACK, MARTHA was born on September 18, 1945 in Maryville, Tennessee, United States.
BLACK, MARTHA was born on September 18, 1945 in Maryville, Tennessee, United States.
Mount Holyoke College (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). Rice University; University of Tennessee at Knoxville (Juris Doctor, 1973). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi (Vice Magister, 1972).
Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1972- 1973.
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Assistant Professor, 1973- 1976 and Associate Professor, 1976-1981, University of Tennessee College of Law.
Working as a partner of KIZER AND BLACK. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Tennessee. 1977, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
1982, United States.
Supreme Court.
Blount County (Vice President, 1986. President, 1987), Tennessee and American Bar Associations.