What They're Saying
"We don't know what kind of legal kryptonite the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law is bestowing on its graduates, but one young alumnus appears to be fearless about who he takes on."
—Wall Street on Parade (about Marshal)
About Marshal
Marshal's road to the courtroom started in south Mississippi, where he was born and raised. Marshal is a "first-generation professional" — and, in fact, is the first member of his family to receive a bachelor's degree.
Marshal graduated at the top of his class from Berkeley Law and practiced at an elite trial-litigation boutique before founding The Hoda Law Firm in 2021. He then formed the CyberJustice Law Group as an imprint of The Hoda Law Firm, focused 100% on putting his skills as a crypto recovery lawyer to fight for victims of cyber scams and fraud.
Marshal's mission is to put his unique set of legal and technological skills to use to fight for victims of cyber scams and fraud.
That's why the CyberJustice Law Group dedicates 100% of its practice to representing victims of cyber crime and fraud putting our crypto recovery lawyers to work for victims across the country.
- • Law School: Berkeley Law (top IP-law program in the United States)
- • Undergraduate: Tulane University (degree in Philosophy & Economics)
- • Founded The Hoda Law Firm in 2021.
- • Practiced at elite litigation boutique in Houston, Texas.
- • Clerked for Judge Amul R. Thapar, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- • Two years as a Ranger for the National Park Service (before law school).
- • Boalt Scholar (finished 3L year with top-3 class rank at Berkeley Law)
- • Order of the Coif (national law-school honor society for those with top-10% class rank)
- • American Jurisprudence & Prosser Awards
- - Constitutional Law
- - Civil Procedure
- - Torts
- - Property
- - Advanced Legal Research
- - Advanced Legal Writing
- - Legal Ethics
- - Real Estate Transactions & Litigation
- • Chevron Pro Bono Partner Award (in recognition of pro bono services to victims of domestic abuse)
- • Undergraduate degree Magna Cum Laude with Departmental Honors
- • Licensed to practice law in Texas since 2018
- • Chainalysis Reactor Certified
- • Certified Elliptic Blockchain Investigator
- • Skilled no-code/low-code software developer
- • Skilled technical mountaineer
- • The Aérospatiale Dilemma: Why U.S. Courts Ignore Blocking Statutes and What Foreign States Can Do About It, 106 Cal. L. Rev. 231 (2018)
- • Panelist, American Bar Association Tax Section Annual Meeting, Attacks on Tax Privacy, February 11, 2023.
- • Panelist, Fishman Haygood Coalition of Civil Advocates, The Crazy World of Crypto Litigation, November 16, 2023.
Television
- • Inside Edition (2022). FTX Founder Allegedly Used Investor Funds for His Lifestyle.
Print/Online
- • Church, S. and Pollard, A. (2023). FTX Judge Backs Firm's Lawyers, Rejects Last-Minute 'Rumors' (1). Bloomberg Law.
- • Bhuyan, P. (2023). FTX Finally Gets Court Approval For This Despite Much Controversy. CoinGape.
- • Westenhaver, D. (2023). Bankman-Fried Says Law Firm Sacrifices FTX Customers After Engineering Bankruptcy. Forbes.
- • And more...
Marshal is an outdoors nut.
He has climbed big mountains and completed challenging routes all over the world, including:
- • The Wind River High Route
- • The Grand Teton (six summits by four different routes)
- • Mount Moran
- • Middle Teton
- • Symmetry Spire
- • Cloud Peak
- • Mount Rainier
- • Mount Hood
- • Pico de Orizaba
- • Cotopaxi
- • Yannpaccha
- • Huarapasca
- • Illimani
- • Vallunaraju