EDUCATION

College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, J.D., 1979

  • Law Review: William & Mary Law Review, 1977-1979
  • Law Review: Articles Editor, 1978-1979
  • Honors: Order of the Coif

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, A.B., magna cum laude, 1974

 

ADMITTED

Virginia 1979

U. S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit 1997

U. S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 1979

U. S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit 1988

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 1979

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia 1980

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Charlottesville, Virginia

 
Lawyers / Professionals
 
Gary S. Marshall
Partner
One James Center
901 East Cary Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-4030
T: 804.775.1013
F: 804.698.2104
gmarshall@mcguirewoods.com

Mr. Marshall practices traditional labor and employment law. He has handled numerous union campaigns for clients across the country, and has significant experience in dealing with organizing activity by many unions, including but not limited to the Teamsters, UNITE, PACE, and the IBEW. He has also handled numerous strikes across the country, the most recent strike involving a major utility company.

He also focuses on positive employee relations, and works with supervisors and other members of management in this regard. He spends a significant amount of time negotiating collective bargaining agreements for companies, devising bargaining strategies, and coordinating management/labor relations.

He handles employment law discrimination suits, and has litigated and tried cases in various state and federal courts. These include race, sex, age, and sexual harassment lawsuits, as well as wrongful discharge claims. In addition, he has co-authored two articles on the at-will doctrine in U.S. periodicals. He has also co-authored an article in a German legal periodical on covenants not to compete in the United States. He has served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Richmond for three years, and is a contributing editor to the ABA's Developing Labor Law.

Practices & Industries Fraternities or Sororities
  • Phi Alpha Delta
Honors
  • Named One of the “Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2005-2008
  • Named a Virginia "Super Lawyer," Law & Politics Magazine, 2007, 2008
  • Named One of America's Leading Lawyers, Chambers USA, 2008
  • Named One of Virginia's "Legal Elite," Virginia Business Magazine, 2006
Publications
  • "The Board and ADR: Will Common Sense Prevail?" NLRB Watch, May-June 1999
  • Developing Labor Law Supplement (Editor), American Bar Association
  • "Covenants Not To Compete in Employment Agreements: The American vs European Approach, "Ries and Marshall Recht Der Internationalen Wirtschaft, April, 1992
  • "The At-Will Employment Doctrine in Virginia: An Update," Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Journal of Civil Litigation, Fall, 1989
  • "The Status of the At-Will Employment Doctrine in Virginia After Bowman v. State Bank of Keysville," Richmond Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, 1986
Classes Taught
  • Adjunct Professor, Labor Law, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, 1984-1987
Speaking Engagements
  • "New Union Approaches to Organizing: Politics of Diversity; Grassroots and Community Electioneering; and Corporate Campaigns," 34th Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law of the Virginia Bar Association, October, 2004
Professional Affiliations
  • American Bar Association, Section of Labor & Employment