Attorney Profiles

Richard T. Marshall
Law Offices of Richard T. Marshall, P.C. 423 Executive Center Blvd. El Paso, Texas 79902 Communication Center Phone: (915) 779-6627 Fax:  (915) 779-6671 Toll Free:  (800) 221-4385 Email: marshall@texseniorlaw.com Website: http://www.texseniorlaw.com

Richard Marshall is a veteran trial lawyer and a Certified Senior Advisor. His focus is upon the legal problems of senior citizens, both in litigation and in counseling. He has recovered substantial awards and settlements in medical malpractice and nursing home neglect and abuse claims. His firm provides full representation at all levels of litigation, both individually and through a network of associated counsel throughout Texas. Richard Marshall also provides legal counsel for senior clients in financial planning, retirement trusts, powers of attorney, directives to health care providers, guardian designations, burial instructions, and other planning documents. He represents clients in Probate Court in estate administrations, will probates, guardianships, and will contest litigation.

Current Employment Position(s):

Senior Attorney, Law Offices of Richard T. Marshall, P.C.

Areas Of Practice:

• Age Discrimination
  
• Elder Law
  
• Estate Planning
  
• Health & Health Care Law
  
• Medical Malpractice
  
• Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
  
• Probate & Estate Administration
  Products Liability Law
• Trusts / Wills
• Financial Planning
• Long Term Care Planning
  

Bar Admissions:

• Texas, 1952
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1966
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1980
  
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1959
  

Education:

• Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1951 - J.D.
  
• Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1948 - B.S.
  
• Major: Industrial & Labor Relations
  

Published Works:

• "The Telling Opening Statement ", The Practical Lawyer, October, 1973 
• "In the Wake of the Death Penalty Decisions", Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Fall, 1972

Representative Cases:

• Salcedo v. El Paso Hosp. Dist., 659 S.W.2d 30 (Tex. 1983)
  

Honors and Awards:

• Listed in Marquis - Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in America
  

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Personal Injury Law Section, 1967 - 1968, Secretary
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1969 - 1970, National Secretary 
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Environmental Law Section, 1970 - 1971, Secretary-Treasurer 
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Family Law Litigation Section, 1971 - 1972, Vice Chairman
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Commission on 
• Professional Responsibility, Roscoe Pound Foundation,1979 - 1982
  
• State Bar of Texas 
• El Paso Probate Bar Association
• Society of Certified Senior Advisors 
• National Association of Charitable Estate Counselors
• El Paso Bar Association
• El Paso Trial Lawyers Association, Past President
• El Paso Estate Planning Council
• American Arbitration Association, 1968 - Arbitrator
  

Past Employment Positions:

• El Paso Trial Lawyers Review, Editor, 1973 - 1980
  

Languages:

• Spanish
  
• French
  

Birth Information:

• May 17, 1925, New York, New York, United States of America