John Charles Martin (born November 9, 1943) is an American attorney, who retired as a Judge (and Chief Judge) of the

North Carolina Court of Appeals The North Carolina Court of Appeals (in case citation, N.C. Ct. App.) is the only intermediate appellate court in the state of North Carolina. It is composed of fifteen members who sit in rotating panels of three. The Court of Appeals was created ...

on August 1, 2014. Born in

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, Martin earned an undergraduate degree from

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

in 1965 and his law degree from

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in 1967. He served in the

United States Army Military Police The United States Army Military Police Corps (USAMPC) is the uniformed law enforcement branch of the United States Army. Investigations are conducted by Military Police Investigators under the Provost Marshal General's Office or Special Agents ...

as a lieutenant from 1967 to 1969. He then entered private law practice. Martin served one term on the city council of Durham before becoming a

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judge in 1977 by appointment of Governor

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. He was elected to the Court of Appeals in 1984, where he served from 1985 to 1988 and from 1993 until 2014. He became chief judge of the court since 2004. He also served as chairman of the state's Judicial Standards Commission from 2001 through 2014. Judge Martin received the North Carolina Bar Association's highest honor, the

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Memorial Award, in 2013. He was elected president of the Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal for the year 2013-2014. Upon his retirement, Martin was awarded the

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by Governor

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.Associated Press: McCrory honors retired NC Court of Appeals leader
/ref> Judge Martin is married to Margaret Rand Martin and has three children, two stepchildren and nine grandchildren.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, John C. 1943 births Living people North Carolina Court of Appeals judges Wake Forest University alumni Wake Forest University School of Law alumni United States Army officers American military police officers