Campbell Law 50th Anniversary Spotlight: Marshall Wall ’99

Marshall Wall ‘99 currently serves as a partner at Cranfill Sumner LLP, where he is a civil litigator, specifically practicing as an eminent domain attorney. He has been with the firm for 27 years, joining as an associate soon after graduating from Campbell Law, where he currently serves on the law school’s Board of Visitors. Based in Raleigh, Wall has built a career representing businesses in a wide range of matters including litigation, employment law and corporate formation and governance issues. Originally from Raleigh, he graduated with his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996. 

Current Role: Partner, Cranfill Sumner LLP

Why Campbell Law?

Wall says the most important factors that brought him to Campbell Law was the school’s reputation for producing practice-ready lawyers and for its consistently high bar passage rate. 

On practice

Wall has served as a civil litigator throughout his career. Through the law school’s advocacy program, Wall realized early into law school that he enjoyed civil litigation, stating “from 1L year, civil litigation was what I wanted to do.”

A lesson that stuck

Campbell Law helped Wall learn to “be prepared.” He says while many things are outside of your control, only you can control your own preparation. 

The people who shaped him

Wall credits Professor Rick Lord, who was his interviewer when applying to Campbell Law. Wall explained, “I thought at the time, ‘I am coming to school here and I am going to show him that I can do this!’” Once in law school, Professor Lord coached two of Wall’s moot court teams and served as a strong influence during Wall’s time in law school.

Advice to current students
“Get to know your fellow students now, the Campbell Law network is amazing.”

Sidebar
Currently reading: “America’s Founding Son: John Quincy Adams” by Bob Crawford

Favorite Raleigh spot: The Greenway, especially in and around the N.C. Museum of Art.

Proudest moment: I am most proud of both of my sons earning the rank of “Eagle Scout.”