Marshall Jason Ray

Marshall Ray is an award-winning attorney who has experience in a variety of criminal and civil litigation matters. He represents the accused in state and federal court. His civil experience includes labor and employment, construction, business litigation, civil rights, and appeals. Marshall has extensive experience in government relations, and he advises and consults with private and governmental organizations regarding their employee policies and practices. Additionally, he has conducted large-scale internal investigations. In 2014 he was named New Mexico’s Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year by the State Bar of New Mexico. In 2015, he enjoyed national recognition from the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), receiving the Legal Merit Award for distinguished service in the development and study of the Unemployment Insurance law of the United States. After graduating near the top of his class from the University of New Mexico School of Law, Marshall spent a year clerking for Federal District Court Judge James O. Browning. Following this prestigious appointment, Marshall joined a large regional law firm where he successfully handled a wide array of civil litigation and appellate matters in areas such as employment, civil rights, construction, civil RICO, Medicaid fraud, defamation, personal injury, insurance defense, lender liability, unfair trade practices, unfair insurance practices, foreclosure, and trademark infringement. In 2011, the Governor of New Mexico appointed Marshall as General Counsel to the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (formerly called the New Mexico Department of Labor). Workforce Solutions is a highly visible government agency overseeing, among other things, human rights (anti-discrimination), wage and hour, and Unemployment Compensation laws. The matters Marshall handled included tort, employment, civil rights, and other miscellaneous litigation, appeals