Clerk and Court Administrator of Court of Appeals Announces Retirement

The Clerk and Court Administrator of the Court of Appeals, Bill Martin, has announced his retirement effective August 1st. I’ve known Bill since he came to the court 16 years ago, and I am sorry he is leaving.

He has done a magnificent job. Whatever other advice I’ve given over those 16 years when consulted about unusual problems in practice before the Court of Appeals, I’ve always suggested calling Bill. Without fail, he has been courteous, knowledgeable and energetically helpful.

Even in retirement, Bill appears to have put the Court’s interests ahead of his own. The Court faces additional steep budget cuts in the next fiscal year. The press release announcing his retirement notes that, apart from the judges, Bill is the court’s highest paid employee. His retirement will make absorbing those cuts easier, but other things more difficult.