Background
Marbley, Algenon L. was born on September 19, 1954 in Morehead City, North Carolina, United States.
Marbley, Algenon L. was born on September 19, 1954 in Morehead City, North Carolina, United States.
University of Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1976 North Carolina Fellow). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, 1979). Lecturer, Criminal Law and Procedure, Northeastern Illinois University, 1984-1986.
Born in Morehead City, North Carolina, Marbley received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976 and a Juris Doctor from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1979. He was in private practice of law in Chicago, Illinois from 1979 to 1980. He was an Assistant regional attorney of the United States. Department of Health and Human Services from 1980 to 1986, returning to private practice in Columbus, Ohio from 1986 to 1997.
On July 31, 1997, Marbley was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio vacated by John David Holschuh.
Marbley was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 27, 1997, and received his commission on November 7, 1997. In 2004, the Columbus Dispatch reported that Marbley had sent federal marshals to arrest a critic, Robert Dalton, for contempt of court for calling him a "fuck up" in an email.
The contempt charge was later dropped.
Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations. National Conference of Black Lawyers. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Litigation, Civil, Criminal and Administrative.