About Rachel Y. Marshall, Esq.
Presently, serving as Chief Public Defender at City Newark, Municipal Public Defender’s Office, Newark, NJ (2/2020-Present). Before this worked as Assistant Public Defender at City Of Newark, Municipal Public Defender’s Office, Newark, NJ (2/2011-2/2020); Adjunct Professor Criminal Law at Union County College, Division of Social Sciences, Business and & History, Cranford, NJ (1/2019 to Present); Solo Practitioner at The Marshall Law Practice, LLC, Newark, NJ (2/1998 – 2/2020); Of Counsel Senior Attorney at Kane & Associates, LLC, Newark, NJ (11/2012- 2/2020); Acting Chief Executive Officer Volunteer at Brand New Day, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ (7/2016- 10/2018); Director of Community & Government Relations at Catholic Charities Of The Archdiocese Of Newark, Newark, NJ (12/2008 – 2/2011); Staff Attorney at Thomas R. Ashley, Esq., Newark, NJ (10/2007 – 10/2008); and Attorney at Essex County Public Defender’s Office, Newark, NJ (3/1998 – 5/1999).
Earned Bachelor of Science & Bachelor of Arts, with a double major in Sociology and Administration of Justice from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1993. Later on, did Juris Doctorate from New York Law School, New York, NY, 1997.