A federal prosecutor resigned his post as Director of Financial Litigation in late-September in order to form a law firm with longtime Lexington defense attorney, Patrick F. Nash.
The prosecutor, Brandon W. Marshall, litigated a variety of offenses during his five years at the United States Attorney's Office, including mortgage and healthcare fraud, kickbacks, banking crimes, computer offenses, crimes against children, and cases involving violence/firearms.
Marshall said he is most proud of his work prosecuting Bendrea Wilson and Demetrius Mickey Davis, the duo that embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from local charity Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Bluegrass.
Marshall also spearheaded the U. S. Attorney's mortgage fraud initiative, prosecuting attorney Kim Allen Clay, former mortgage broker John Howard, and a half-dozen other industry professionals collectively involved in millions of dollars worth of fraud.
Most recently, Marshall assisted with the prosecution of Michael and Christopher Smith and their co-conspirators, all of whom were sentenced in 2012 for their high-pressure sale of fraudulent oil and gas interests totaling more than $30,000,000 through their company, Target Oil and Gas.
Nash is known for his representation of Charles Allen, one of four college students convicted in connection with a rare book heist at Transylvania University.
Between 2011 and 2012, Nash fought the international extradition of accused Bosnian war criminal Azra Basic.
In 2012, Nash also defended Steve Ward, the Woodford County Coroner alleged to have committed sodomy.
More recently, Nash began the defense of Ibrahimshah Shahulhameed, the computer programmer accused of sabotaging Toyota's Georgetown computer system.
The firm, Nash Marshall, PLLC, is located at 129 West Short Street in Lexington and focuses on criminal defense and the representation of professionals who are accused of poor judgment. "We want to be there whenever someone is accused of making a mistake, whether it's criminal or not. A doctor or attorney with licensure problems; a pharmacist or banker accused of malfeasance. We want to help them navigate those difficult waters," Nash said.
Nash and Marshall both graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law. Before going into private practice, Nash was a federal law clerk for the Honorable Henry R. Wilhoit, Jr. Marshall previously worked as a United States Probation and Parole Officer, where he focused on federal sentencing law. Nash attended undergraduate school at Cornell. Marshall attended Centre College in Danville. Both men have been recurrent guest speakers at the University of Kentucky College of Law, lecturing on criminal law topics. Marshall has also lectured about federal sentencing practice at the Department of Justice's National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina. Nash is the current coordinator of all federally appointed public defenders in the Eastern District of Kentucky and a member of the United States Courts Defender Services Advisory Group. He is also a member of the Sixth Circuit's Advisory Committee on Local Rules and the Sixth Circuit Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions.