Carol J. Marshall, MSLG Managing Attorney

CAROL J. MARSHALL

carol @ marshallsuzuki . com

Career Summary

Approximately twenty-four years of experience handling increasingly complex state and federal civil litigation through all phases of law and motion, discovery and trial; substantive areas of practice have included banking, real estate, construction, environmental, employment, racial and gender discrimination, directors and officers liability, intellectual property, trade secret and antitrust issues; secured creditor representation in bankruptcy proceedings; active alternative dispute resolution practice both as an advocate and as a neutral (mediator, arbitrator, facilitator).

Marshall Suzuki Law Group, LLP, San Francisco
Partner August 2001-Present

Litigation, Transactional and Alternative Dispute Practice with a special emphasis on cross-cultural and international issues.

Chan, Doi, Marshall & Leal, LLP, San Francisco
Partner September 1994-August 2001

Practice included representation in complex civil litigation proceedings, alternative dispute resolution advocacy and neutral work, and the provision of day-to-day legal advice to individuals and a variety of business clients, including financial institutions, manufacturers, developers, contractors, fiduciaries, corporate directors and officers, property managers, multi-media companies and others.

Sadler & Hovis, San Francisco (formerly, Adams, Sadler & Hovis)
Associate; Partner 1989-August 1994

Civil litigation practice representing plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal proceedings involving a broad range of legal issues, including banking, fiduciary duty and environmental matters.

Union Bank, San Francisco and Los Angeles
Head of Litigation and Senior Counsel 1982-1989

As head of litigation, managed a staff of approximately 10-12 lawyers, paralegals and support personnel who were responsible for a total caseload of more than 500 lawsuits venued in state and federal courts throughout California; personally handled an independent portfolio of complex matters; directly and regularly interacted with corporate senior management advising upon, and participating in, high level decision-making.

Bank of America, Los Angeles
Litigation Group 1978-1982

Responsible for a caseload of approximately 50-60 matters, the complexity of which increased as experience developed.

Approximately twenty-one years of service as an arbitrator, mediator and facilitator. Has provided alternative dispute resolution services in connection with hundreds of business and personal disputes involving a wide variety of substantive issues, including real property matters, contracts, title insurance, lender liability, life insurance, employment issues, intellectual property rights, trade secrets, environmental claims, partnership dissolutions, securities, construction, product liability, trusts, ADA access, and many other areas where conflict has arisen.

As an American Arbitration Association (AAA) panelist, has undergone required AAA continuing education over the course of twenty years; Most recent AAA required training completed in March 2002; Completed and received a certificate for a 40-hour mediator training program given by the John Paul Jones Group in 1999; attended numerous individual arbitrator and mediator advanced training programs.

Training & Teaching Experience

Designed and conducted corporate training for Manufacturers Hanover Bank from 1967-1969; conceived and created audiovisual training programs for businesses and professional groups from 1969-1975; created and presented in-house training programs for staff lawyers and clients while serving as Head of Litigation for Union Bank, and, thereafter, for client and professional groups; instructed classes in Legal Research and Writing through St. Mary's Paralegal Program in Moraga, California; frequent speaker and panelist on ADR-related issues and other legal topics.

UCLA School of Law 1975-1978 J.D.
New York University 1967-1969 M.A. English
St. John's University 1963-1967 B.A. English

Member, American, Los Angeles, Marin and San Francisco Bar Associations; section memberships in environmental, ADR and intellectual property groups; panelist and speaker on environmental, lender liability, fiduciary duty and other issues; former instructor in legal research and writing; member, Commercial Arbitration Panel, American Arbitration Association; member Alameda and Marin County Bar Association ADR panels; member Association of Conflict Resolution (ACR, formerly SPIDR); admitted to California Bar in November 1978; admitted to practice before the federal district courts in Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern California in 1978.