Beverly Martin

Beverly Martin served as a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from January 20, 2010 through September 30, 2021. Prior to joining the Court of Appeals, Judge Martin sat for nearly a decade as a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.

A fourth-generation lawyer from Macon, Georgia, Judge Martin began her legal career in Macon with the firm of Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier LLP in 1981. She represented the State of Georgia between 1984 and 1994 as an Assistant Attorney General in Atlanta. From 1994 to 1997, Judge Martin was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, and from 1997 to 2000 Judge Martin served as the United States Attorney for that district.

Judge Martin graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1981, after receiving her B.A. from Stetson University in 1976.