VICTOR R. MARSHALL graduated from Princeton with a degree in Near Eastern Studies (A.B., magna cum laude). Then he worked on Wall Street as an international banker for JPMorgan. Then he graduated from Harvard Law, moved to New Mexico, and joined the Rodey law firm in Albuquerque. Victor served 8 years in the New Mexico State Senate, where he co-sponsored the 1988 constitutional amendment for the merit selection of judges. He sponsored the mandatory seat belt bill and the Natural Lands Protection Act, and served as Co-Chair of the Senate Judiciary Member. He started his own firm in 1990.
Victor concentrates on commercial litigation, state constitutional law, water law, and media law.
Reported cases: Sachs v. Board of Trustees [Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Bokum Resources Corp.], 1978-NMSC-089; First National Bank in Albuquerque v. Energy Equities Inc., 1977-NMCA-098; McKinney v. Gannett Co., 660 F. Supp. 984 (D.N.M. 1981), 694 F.2d 1240 (10th Cir. 1982), 817 F.2d 659 (10th Cir. 1987); Coronado Credit Union v. KOAT Television, 1982-NMCA-176; In re Rehabilitation of Western Investors Life Ins. Co., 1983-NMSC–082; New Mexico Life Ins. Guaranty Ass’n v. Quinn &. Co., 1991-NMSC-036; State ex rel. Clark v. State Canvassing Bd., 1995-NMSC-011; State ex rel. Clark v. Johnson, 1995-NMSC-048; Krahling v. First Trust National Ass’n, 1997-NMCA-082; West Bluff Neighborhood Ass’n v. City of Albuquerque, 2002–NMCA-075; Kysar v. Amoco Prod. Co., 2004-NMSC-025; Kysar v. Amoco Prod. Co., 379 F.3d 1150 (10th Cir. 2004); In re McCarthey, 368 F.3d 1266 (10th Cir. 2004); State ex rel. Board of County Commissioners v. Williams, 2007-NMCA-036; San Juan Agricultural Water Users Ass’n v. KNME-TV, 2011-NMSC-011.