Adjunct Professor
Department of Legal Studies and Pre-Law

Campus Box
Concord University,
Vermillion Street
P.O. Box 1000
Athens, West Virginia 24712-1000

Courses (past & current)

• Legal Research & Writing
• Academic Research
• Mock Trial
• Oral Advocacy and Debate
• Introduction to Legal Environment
• Sociology of Law
• Legal Ethics
• Legal Procedure; Legal Concepts in Accounting
• Legal Studies Capstone class
• Mini-course on Immigration Law

Phone: 304.384.5311

Office: Student Center 203

Email: Marshall Campbell

Office Hours: Monday, 3-4 pm
or by appointment

EDUCATION

University of Houston, (1986) J.D.

University of Texas, (1983) B.S.

Doctoral Research, Dissertation links, etc.

Employment Experience:

7/08 – present; Director, Student Center and Student Activities; Concord University; includes responsibility for the Student Center (including Post Office and Game Room), student activities and    entertainment, managing student managers and lifeguards in Carter Center, University 100 class, Orientation, advising the SGA, and managing the central point for collecting and entering data concerning all events on campus.

4/04 – 7/08; Attorney, The Law Office of Marshall S. Campbell, P.L.L.C.

8/03 - present; Adjunct Professor; Concord University, 76 credit hours taught

Various Classes taught: Legal Research & Writing, Academic Research, Mock Trial, Oral Advocacy and Debate, Introduction to Legal Environment, Sociology of Law, Legal Ethics, Legal Procedure; Legal Concepts in Accounting, the Legal Studies Capstone class and a mini-course on Immigration Law.

2003 – 07.  Coached Concord’s Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity’s Mock Trial Teams. Concord’s team won the PAD National Mock Trial Competition in November of 2006, placed second and third in November of 2007, and second in November of 2005, won “Outstanding Defense Team” in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and won “Outstanding Plaintiff Team” in 2007.

1997 - 8/03; Partner; Schwartz, Junell, Campbell & Oathout, L.L.P.; Houston, Texas

1995 - 1997; Partner; Schwartz, Campbell & Oathout, L.L.P.; Houston, Texas

1994 - 1995; Partner; Schwartz & Campbell, L.L.P.; Houston, Texas

1990 - 1994; Associate Attorney; Richard A. Schwartz & Associates; Houston, Texas

1986 - 1990; Associate Attorney; Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, L.L.P.; Houston, Texas

Legal and Professional Memberships:

Licensed to practice law in the State of West Virginia; 2/2004 - present
Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas; 1986 - present

Licensed to practice before the Courts of the States of West Virginia and Texas, the Federal District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia and the Southern District of Texas; the Fourth and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court

Member of: 
  The West Virginia Bar Association
  The American Bar Association
  The Texas Bar Association
  The Houston Bar Association
  The Mercer County Bar Association

Areas of Legal Practice:

General Litigation, including employment disputes, construction disputes, personal injury, commercial contract disputes, ERISA claims, insurance coverage disputes, professional liability claims (including insurance broker malpractice), admiralty claims, and collection disputes, including representing creditors in bankruptcy actions.  Clients included BP, Amoco, Bechtel, Duke Energy Corp., AON, various underwriters at Lloyds of London; Sun Life Assurance Company, and Consolidated Pipe & Supply, Inc.

Seminar Presentations/Legal Article:

            2008; Presenting “Legal Issues in the Classroom” for Concord University’s Adjunct Academy

            2008 and 2005; Presented “Legal Issues in Clinical Practice” for a Concord University Continuing Education Seminar for social workers and psychologists

            1997 and 2000; Authored and presented a paper, entitled “Recent Developments in Admiralty Law” for the Great New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association 

            1994;   Presented “The American Legal System and Recent Developments in Admiralty Law” to underwriters and brokers in London, England, sponsored by the New Orleans Barge
            Fleeting Association

            1991;   Co-authored article on Umbrella Insurance for a University of Houston CLE seminar

            1987;   Co-authored and presented an article on Recent Changes Relating to Texas Mechanics & Materialmen’s Liens for seminar

Community Involvement:

            2007 – Present; Board Member of the Executive Board of Mercer County Teen Court

            2006 – Present; Board Member on the Mercer County Prevention Partnership, which works with Community Connections to prevent drug use in Mercer County

            2004 -- Present; Volunteer for Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc. in Mercer County, WV

            1996 - 2003; Board Member of the Meyerland Community Improvement Association in Houston, Texas.  Vice President in 2003

            1996 - 2003; Board Member of the Southwest Security Association in Houston, Texas.

            2002 - 2003; Board Member of the Weekley Family YMCA in Houston, Texas

            1990 - 1993; Board Member of the Linkwood Civic Association President in 1993