Isaac Jack Martin

Isaac Jack Martin (July 18, 1908 – November 5, 1966) was a Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Biography

Education

Martin received a Bachelor of Laws in 1932, from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, graduating Order of the Coif, and entered private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1932. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Long Island University in 1938. He received a Master of Arts in 1939 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1952, both from Columbia University.

Career

He was an assistant prosecutor in Hamilton County, Ohio, from 1933 to 1940, returning to private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1941 to 1943. He was an administrative assistant to Senator Robert A. Taft from 1944 to 1953, and then to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1958.

Administrative assistant

On September 22, 1953, Martin was appointed as an administrative assistant to the President under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, coming to the President’s office from the staff of Senator Robert A. Taft. He served in Senator Taft’s office as an Administrative Assistant and as the Assistant to the Floor Leader. On August 27, 1958, Martin resigned from the President’s staff to assume his new position as Associate Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

As an Administrative Assistant to the President, Martin was a member of the White House congressional liaison staff—under the direction of Wilton Persons and later, Bryce Harlow. His principal responsibility was, together with the aid of the other members of the Congressional liaison staff, to get the Administration’s legislative programs enacted by the Congress and reaching the President’s desk for his signature in a form acceptable to the Administration.

Personal

Martin was Jewish and is interred at the Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery in Evanston, Ohio.

Federal court service

On July 18, 1958, Martin was nominated by President Eisenhower to serve on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, to the seat vacated by Judge William P. Cole. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 5, 1958, and received his commission on August 6, 1958, serving until his death on November 5, 1966, in Washington, D.C.