UNC Picks Former Sen. McConnell Staffer, DOJ Litigator as General Counsel
Brooks Pierce partner Charles Marshall has been tapped to lead the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's legal team, the school's interim chancellor announced this week.
August 16, 2019 at 02:08 PM
3 minute read
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Thursday it has hired Charles Marshall as general counsel after a string of high-level departures at the school.
Marshall’s predecessor Mark Merritt left UNC in 2018 to return to firm Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson after less than two years in the GC role. Longtime UNC lawyers Steve Keadey and Kara Simmons have served as interim general counsel since Merritt’s move.
The Daily Tar Heel, UNC’s independent student newspaper, reported the university’s chancellor, vice chancellor for student affairs, chairperson of the faculty committee, vice chancellor for workforce strategy, equity and engagement, and chief of police have also left within the past year.
Marshall, who earned both his bachelor of arts degree and Juris Doctor from UNC, will officially start as general counsel and vice chancellor Sept. 16.
“The opportunity to come back home to Carolina is very exciting,” Marshall said in a statement. “My practice has always been broad and diverse, and taking on complex issues is a passion of mine. I’m really looking forward to bringing my skillset to the university.”
In his new role, Marshall will provide legal advice to the university’s board of directors, executives and staff, UNC interim chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said in a post Thursday. He’ll also serve as a liaison to the larger University of North Carolina system and the state’s attorney general’s office.
Guskiewicz’s post announcing Marshall’s appointment emphasized the new hire’s background in data privacy and digital media, which “will be vitally important for protecting the university in today’s landscape of privacy threats and rapid technological change.”
Marshall is currently a partner at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard’s Raleigh, North Carolina, office. According to his Brooks Pierce biography, Marshall counsels clients on data breaches, government investigations, business disputes and other matters.
The firm said in a press release that Marshall “has been a great asset to Brooks Pierce since joining the firm in 2003, bringing unique insight and perspective to a variety of complex legal issues, and we wish him well in his new endeavor.”
Prior to joining Brooks Pierce, Marshall spent four years as an appellate litigator in the U.S. Department of Justice and two years as a policy adviser to Sen. Mitch McConnell. He has also served as the outside general counsel to the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters.
“We are delighted that Charles is returning to Carolina and will serve in this critical role of vice chancellor and general counsel for our university,” Guskiewicz said in a statement. “He brings a wide range of professional knowledge and diverse experience to this position, ranging from being an accomplished litigator, attorney and work in all three branches of the federal government to his in-depth knowledge in areas of digital media and data privacy.”
Read More:
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View AllFormer Rutgers Law School Dean Replaces Hoffman as University General Counsel on Interim Basis
4 minute readAs Student Workers Unionize in Droves, NLRB Tries to Prevent Colleges' Privacy Concerns From Slowing Momentum
5 minute readDemise of Chevron Deference Likely Played a Major Role in Successful Title IX Challenges, Experts Say
4 minute readTrending Stories
Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250