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Robert D. Martin papers

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Call Number:
NBA.009
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Extent:
9 linear feet (about 4000 items.)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], in the Robert D. Martin Papers, National Bankruptcy Archives, NBA.009, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Date:
1982-2000 (inclusive)
Creator:
Martin, Robert D. and National Bankruptcy Archives
Abstract:
Robert D. Martin (1944-) was appointed Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin in 1978. Martin was a charter fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference. He was a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ), an organization devoted to providing to providing education and advice relating to bankruptcy legislation. Martin served on the Board of Governors of the NCBJ from 1988 to 1991, as Secretary in 1994, and as the conference's President in 1996. The collection, 1982-2000, includes materials relating to Martin's activities as a committee member, Secretary, and President of the NCBJ; as a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference, which participated in the National Bankruptcy Review Commission in the mid-1990s; as a federal judge on the Judicial Conference of the United States; as a lecturer, panelist, and participant in seminars, workshops, and meetings across the United States; as a researcher on a variety of bankruptcy related issues; and related material.

Robert D. Martin was born in Iowa City, Iowa in 1994. A graduate of the University of Chicago Law School in 1969, Robert Martin began his career in law as an Attorney with Ross and Stevens, S.C., in Madison, Wisconsin. He worked for Ross and Stevens, specializing in bankruptcy litigation, until 1978, when he was appointed Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin.

Martin was a charter fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference. From the onset of his career as a bankruptcy judge, he was a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ), an organization devoted to providing to providing education and advice relating to bankruptcy legislation. Martin served on the Board of Governors of the NCBJ from 1988 to 1991, as Secretary in 1994, and as the conference's President in 1996.

Martin served as a panelist and lecturer at myriad bankruptcy seminars, conferences, and meetings. He also authored a number of volumes on bankruptcy law, including Ginsberg and Martin on Bankruptcy (written with Robert E. Ginsburg) in 2000 and, beginning in 1988, Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice.

The Robert D. Martin Papers, 1982-2000, include materials relating to Martin's activities as a committee member, Secretary, and President of the NCBJ; as a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference, which participated in the National Bankruptcy Review Commission in the mid-1990s; as a federal judge on the Judicial Conference of the United States; as a lecturer, panelist, and participant in seminars, workshops, and meetings across the United States; as a researcher on a variety of bankruptcy related issues; and related material.

Received from Robert D. Martin in 2001.

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University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Finding Aid Author
Jordon Steele
Finding Aid Date
2006
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Collection Inventory

Administrative Files, 1988-1998.
Box 1 Folder 1-16
Scope and Contents note

This series includes materials relating to Martin's activities as a member of the Board of Governors, the chief governing body of the NCBJ, and as NCBJ president.

Scope and Contents

This series includes materials relating to Martin's activities as a member of the Board of Governors, the chief governing body of the NCBJ, and as NCBJ president. It includes correspondence and related materials relating to the Office of the Secretary, Office of the Treasurer, committees, and membership.

American Bankruptcy Law Journal, 1995-1996, 1998.
Box 5 Folder 4 Box 1 Folder 17
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence with editors, articles, and related material regarding the activities of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, the official scholarly publication of the NCBJ.

Scope and Contents note

Letters, memoranda, reports, minutes, and related materials regarding committees that Martin served on and oversaw as President of the NCBJ.

Academic Outreach Committee, 1999.
Box 1 Folder 19
Ad Hoc Committee on Orientation of New Governors, 1996.
Box 1 Folder 20
Ad Hoc Committee to Study Judicial Role of Bankruptcy Judges, 1994.
Box 1 Folder 21
Administrative Oversight Committee, 1993-1994.
Box 1 Folder 22
Archives Committee, 1991-1995, 1999.
Box 1 Folder 23
Automation and Technology Committee, 1995.
Box 1 Folder 24
Awards Committee, 1995-1996.
Box 1 Folder 25
Bylaws Committee, 1988-1992.
Box 2 Folder 1 Box 1 Folder 26-27
Elections Committee, 1991-1999.
Box 2 Folder 2-3
Endowment for Education, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 4
Ethics Committee, 1995.
Box 2 Folder 5
Executive Committee, 1996-1997.
Box 2 Folder 6
Finance Committee, 1995-1998.
Box 2 Folder 7-8
International Law Relations Committee, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 9
Judges' Benefits Study Committee, 1996-1997.
Box 2 Folder 10
Judicial Orientation and Benefits Committee, 1995.
Box 2 Folder 11
Legislative Committee, 1995-1998.
Box 2 Folder 12-14
American Bar Association Liaison Committee, 1995.
Box 2 Folder 15
American Bankruptcy Association Liaison Committee, 1995.
Box 2 Folder 16
Association of Bankruptcy Judicial Assistants Liaison Committee, 1996.
Box 2 Folder 17
Commercial Law League of America Liaison Committee, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 18
Federal Bar Association Liaison Committee, 1995.
Box 2 Folder 19
Federal Courts Study Liaison Committee, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 20
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Liaison Committee, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 21
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees Liaison Committee, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 22
National Bar Association Liaison Committee, 1996.
Box 2 Folder 23
National Bankruptcy Review Commission Liaison Committee, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 24
National Conference of Bankruptcy Clerks Liaison Committee, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 25
United States Trustee Liaison Committee, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 26
Membership Committee, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 27
Memorials Committee, 1995.
Box 2 Folder 28
Newsletter Committee, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 29
Site Selection Committee, 1986-1999.
Box 3 Folder 1-5 Box 2 Folder 30-33
Correspondence, 1988-1996.
Box 3 Folder 6-7
Scope and Contents note

Letters, memoranda, and related material regarding Martin's legislative and administrative activities on behalf of the NCBJ.

Meetings, 1982-2000.
Box 5 Folder 1-3 Box 4 Folder 1-25 Box 3 Folder 8-24
Scope and Contents note

As a member and president of NCBJ, Martin participated in and planned a number of NCBJ meetings, especially the organization's annual conference. This series includes correspondence, memoranda, planning materials, reports, programs, minutes, and related material.

Conference Comparison Study, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, research materials, and related materials regarding a NCBJ study of the annual conference pay structure of other legal organizations, initiated in an effort to determine an appropriate fee for the NCBJ's own annual meetings.

NCBJ History, 1994-1996.
Box 5 Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and copies of articles relating to the history of the NCBJ.

Trustee Matters, 1995-1996.
Box 5 Folder 7-8
National Bankruptcy Review Commission Materials, 1995-1997.
Box 6 Folder 1-2 Box 5 Folder 9-21
Scope and Contents note

In 1995, a congressional task force was formed to study existing bankruptcy legislation and suggests revisions to the Bankruptcy Code. Many of the members of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission (NBRC) were affiliated with the National Bankruptcy Conference, of which Martin was a member. This series includes correspondence, reports, meeting agenda, meeting minutes, and related material regarding Martin's participation, on behalf of the National Bankruptcy Conference, in the activities of the NBRC.

Scope and Contents note

As a bankruptcy judge in the 7th Federal Judicial Circuit, Martin was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States, the official organization of federal judges. This series includes correspondence, meeting programs, and related material regarding Martin's activity within the Judicial Conference.

Judicial Conference Committee, 1994.
Box 6 Folder 3
Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, 1996.
Box 9 Folder 4 Box 6 Folder 4-5

Scope and Contents note

Programs, correspondence, and related material regarding Martin's participation as a lecturer, panelist, and attendee of organizational meetings on bankruptcy across the United States.

American Bankruptcy Institute Annual Meeting, 1990.
Box 6 Folder 6
Association of Insolvency Accountants Annual Bankruptcy and Reorganization Conference, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 7
Bankruptcy Administration and Trustee Seminar, 1983.
Box 6 Folder 8
Central California Bankruptcy Institute Annual Meeting, 1999.
Box 6 Folder 9
Commercial Law League of America Bankruptcy and Insolvency Education Program, 1991 April 9.
Box 9 Folder 8
Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter 13 Debtor Education/Credit Rehabilitation Program, 1996.
Box 6 Folder 10
Federal Bar Association of Western District of Michigan Annual Bankruptcy Section Seminar, 1995.
Box 6 Folder 11-12
Federal Judicial Center Meetings, 1988-1998.
Box 7 Folder 1-10 Box 6 Folder 13
Federal Judicial Circuit Meetings, 1992-1994.
Box 8 Folder 1-3
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Annual Convention, 1997.
Box 8 Folder 4
Northwest Bankruptcy Institute, 1997.
Box 8 Folder 5
Norton Bankruptcy Litigation Institute Annual Meetings, 1995-1998.
Box 9 Folder 1 Box 8 Folder 6-8
Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute Meeting, 1988-1989.
Box 9 Folder 9
"A View from the Bench" Panel, Third Annual Midwestern Bankruptcy Conference, 1993.
Box 9 Folder 2
Visa Member Executive Conference, 1996 July.
Box 9 Folder 3

Scope and Contents note
Bingham Legislative Alerts, 1995-1996.
Box 9 Folder 5
Scope and Contents note

A collection of memoranda that details pending bankruptcy legislation, issued by bankruptcy law practitioner Suzanne Bingham to interested members of the bankruptcy community, including Martin.

Judges' Pay Issue, 1996.
Box 9 Folder 6
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and related materials regarding bankruptcy legislation that concerned the financial compensation and benefits of federal bankruptcy judges.

Podesta Memoranda, 1995-1996.
Box 9 Folder 7
Scope and Contents note

A collection of memoranda that details pending bankruptcy legislation, issued by the lobbying firm Podesta Associates, sent to interested members of the bankruptcy community, including Martin.

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