WILLIAM ANDREW MARSH III

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Durham, North Carolina 27713

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EXPERIENCE

District Court Judge, 14th Judicial District of North Carolina 2007 – 2016 Durham, North Carolina

• Trial Judge in State Court of General Jurisdiction presiding over Criminal, Child Welfare, Civil, Domestic and Juvenile criminal caseload. Arraignments, Probable Cause and Detention hearings. Trial and disposition of misdemeanors and abuse, neglect and dependency cases. Began innovative therapeutic court assisting reentry individuals with job training and vocational counseling to employment (New Life Court) 2007-2009

• Certified by the National Judicial College – University of Nevada at Reno 2009 in General Court Jurisdiction Trial Skills, Judicial Development, Dispute Resolution Skills and Special Court trial skills.

• Trained by NC Judicial College at the UNC School of Government with over 200 hours of judicial training.

• Juvenile certification by the NC Judicial college (pending)

• Appointed by Hon. Michael Easley in January 2007 and elected unopposed in 2008 and unopposed in 2012 for re-election.

General Partner - Marsh & Marsh, Attorneys at Law 1993-2007 Durham, North Carolina 1985-1986

• Civil litigation, Banking, Municipal Finance (Bond Counsel), Land Use, Real Estate Transactional work,

• Estate Administration and personal injury.

Assistant Corporation Counsel- District of Columbia Government 1987-1992

• Prosecutor in the Criminal Division responsible for daily trials of juvenile cases charged by the District of Columbia.

• Worked closely with the US Attorney’s Office which selected serious cases (armed robbery, rape and homicide) prosecuted by the United States and those to be tried by the District of Columbia.

• Practiced before the Hon. Eric Holder, then Superior Court Judge for the District of Columbia and past US Attorney General.

Staff Attorney – Hyatt Legal Services 1987

General Civil transactional work including Wills, Trusts, Traffic, Divorce and Real Estate. Interim Director – LAND LOSS PREVENTION PROJECT at NCCU School of Law 1985 Served as interim director of a clinical program operating within the law school at North Carolina Central University assisting rural landowners subjected to losing their farms in rural North Carolina as a result of discriminatory lending practices of the US Department of Agriculture. Assistant Legal Counsel – Governor of the State of North Carolina 1983-1985 Raleigh, North Carolina

Assistant Legal Counsel to Governor James B. Hunt, responsible for Rules Review of State Administrative Rules, preparing legal memoranda for Governor’s review, reviewing clemency petitions and requests for Governor’s warrants for extradition. EDUCATION

University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC 1982 Juris Doctor

Hampton University, Hampton, VA 1979

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

ACTIVITIES

• Member District of Columbia Bar

• Member North Carolina Bar

• Member Supreme Court Bar of the United States

• Admitted to practice before the United States Court for the Western District, the Middle District and Eastern District of North Carolina

• Admitted to practice before the United States Bankruptcy Courts of the Western District, the Middle District and Eastern District of North Carolina

• Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia- 1987

• NC Association of Black Lawyers

• Member George H. White Bar Association

• National Association of Bond Lawyers

• Member of Board of Governors, NC District Court Judges Association 2015-2017 term of office

• Past President, Durham County and 14th Judicial District Bar, 1997-1998