Criminal Law

Crim. Law Journal VOLUME 24, EDITION 1, SPRING 2024

A TRIBUTE TO MARSHALL SCHULMAN, ESQ.

FEBRUARY 14, 1927-JANUARY 23, 2022

Written by Marguerite D. Downing

As a new deputy public defender, I was excited and a little intimidated as I walked into a hotel conference room for my meeting of the State Bar of California’s Criminal Law Executive Committee in September of 1992. That meeting was my introduction to Marshall. On first appearances, Marshall looked very much like my expectation of a former Orange County prosecutor. However, Marshall was a book with many different chapters. Yes, he was conservative, but he was funny, very smart, laughed easily, enjoyed the law and believed in fairness and justice. We bonded through our years on the committee and then as advisors. Marshall told me once that he knew when he first met me that I was "going to be chair and go far". I was touched when he told me that and still am as I write this. So let me share something biographical information about Marshall.

According to him, he had an incredible life. Marshall was born in Los Angeles on February 14th, 1927. He was able to experience Los Angeles prior to it being a city and watch the city grow into what we know it as today. Marshall enrolled in the military right after high school. Prior to the military he did not know what he was going to do with the rest of his life, but after his time in the army he decided to become a lawyer.

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