C. Kevin Marshall
Partner

Contact

(T) +1.202.879.3851
(F) +1.202.626.1700

Education

  • The University of Chicago (J.D. with high honors 1998; Order of the Coif; Articles Editor, Law Review); Middlebury College (B.A. summa cum laude 1994 with highest departmental honors in political science; Phi Beta Kappa)

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia, Indiana, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia and the Southern District of Indiana

Clerkships

  • Hon. Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court (1999 Term) and Hon. J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (1998 Term)

Government Service

  • Served with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel in the following positions: Deputy Assistant Attorney General (2005-2007) and Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General (2004-2005)

Kevin Marshall assists clients with strategy, analysis, and advocacy involving novel or complex legal issues at all levels of federal and state courts and prelitigation. This has included appeals as well as dispositive motions at the trial level in both civil and white-collar cases. Kevin also has developed legal theories for challenging pending legislation or regulatory changes.

In addition, Kevin has advised on and briefed legal issues related to consumer products, including the implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, as well as medical devices. He also is an authority on the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms.

Before joining Jones Day, Kevin was a deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, which he joined in early 2004. At the DOJ he provided authoritative written legal opinions and other legal advice to The White House, attorney general, and other executive branch officials on the Constitution, treaties, international law including the law of war, and a wide variety of federal statutes and regulations. Among other things, he supervised the office's constitutional review of pending legislation and treaties and its clearance of proposed executive orders. As co-chairman of a presidential task force, he testified three times before Congress.


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