Marlene Samra Marshall, Esq.
Marlene represents individuals and businesses concerning commercial and residential real estate and financing transactions, purchase and sale of businesses, business formation, licensing and regulation, condominium conversion and creation and zoning, planning and land use. Marlene is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Rhode Island and the state courts of Massachusetts. She appears before administrative bodies, including state departments and commissions, local municipal boards and arbitration panels.
Born and raised in Cumberland, Rhode Island, Marlene received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Wheaton College (B.A. Economics). While at Wheaton, Marlene was active in student government, received the Wall Street Journal Achievement Award and was a member of the Omicron Delta Epsilon Honors Society. Marlene earned her Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School while simultaneously earning her Masters of Science in Finance from Suffolk University Frank Sawyer School of Management where she received a Graduate Fellowship.
In addition to the practice of law, Marlene has been active as an educator for the past ten years including during her times at Wheaton College and Suffolk University. Marlene continues to educate, presently as a professor of Economics at Johnson and Wales Graduate School. She is an active member of her church community, St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church. Marlene resides in Cumberland, Rhode Island with her husband, Keith.
