John T. Marshall is the former chair of the litigation department at Powell Goldstein. He serves as an arbitrator or mediator in the commercial area, concentrating in banking, securities, products liability, professional liability, trusts and estates and business litigation.

Mr. Marshall appears at numerous professional seminars throughout the year, speaking on litigation, alternative dispute resolution, ethics and related topics. Formerly special counsel to the Ethics Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Marshall has appeared in the role of Presidential Counsel on the public television series "The Advocates."

Mr. Marshall serves on the Supreme Court of Georgia's Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants and the Board of the Georgia Eye Bank. He is active in a number of professional and community organizations.

 

Education

 
LL.B., Yale Law School, 1962
B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1956

Bar & Court Admissions

 
Georgia, 1962
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Memberships

 
American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Member
American Arbitration Association, Panel of Mediators and Arbitrators, Commercial Panel, Member
American Bar Foundation, Fellow
American Bar Association, House of Delegates, Member, 1976-86
Atlanta Bar Association, President, 1974-75, Former Board Member
Atlanta Collegium of Arbitrators and Mediators, Member
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer Foundation, Advisory Board, 1991-92
Bleckley Inn of Court, Master
Eleventh Circuit Historical Society, Trustee
Emory University, Adjunct Professor of Law - Litigation, 1968-86
Georgia Arbitrators Forum, Member
Georgia Bar Foundation, Fellow
Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency, Chair, 1991-92
Georgia State University College of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law - Litigation, 2005
Georgia State University College of Law, Board of Visitors, Chair, 2005
Georgia Supreme Court Commission on Public Trust and Confidence, Member, 1999-2001
Institute of Continuing Legal Education of Georgia, Trustee, 1991-92
Lumpkin Inn of Court, Master
State Bar of Georgia's Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency, Member
State Bar of Georgia's Committee on Standards of the Profession, Chair
Supreme Court of Georgia's Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants, Member
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Bar Council, Chair, 1988-89
United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Committee on Discipline, Chair, 1988-89

Awards & Honors

 
Best Lawyer (Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation Professional Malpractice Law, 25+ years)
Georgia Super Lawyer (2007-2008)
Chambers USA, Georgia (General Commercial Litigation Senior Statesman, 2007-2008)
American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for 11th Judicial Circuit
ALI - American Bar Association's Harrison Tweed Award (teaching trial evidence)
State Bar of Georgia's Distinguished Service Award
State Bar of Georgia's Tradition of Excellence Award (service to bar and community)
State Bar of Georgia's A. Gus Cleveland Award (service to continuing legal education)
Atlanta Bar Association's Charles E. Watkins, Jr. Award (service to Bar)
Atlanta Bar Association's Leadership Award
Atlanta Bar Association's Professionalism Award
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer Foundation's Phil Heiner Award (legal service to indigents)
Georgia State's Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award
 
 
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