Campbell Law welcomes two new professors

RALEIGH - Campbell Law School will welcome two new professors in August, Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced.

Professor Dionne Gonder-Stanley comes to Campbell Law from the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Law, where she served as an Associate Clinical Professor and directed NCCU's Criminal Litigation Clinic. She has taught a variety of courses including Criminal Law, Evidence, Trial Practice and Criminal Defense Clinic.

At Campbell Law, she will teach Evidence and Criminal Procedure.

Prior to becoming a law professor, Gonder-Stanley worked at the Durham Public Defender's Office, the Center for Death Penalty Litigation and Edwards & Trenkle PLLC.

Gonder-Stanley's scholarly work includes presentations and articles covering topics of trial advocacy, expungements, best practices for teaching law students and North Carolina criminal law and procedure.

Outside of her scholarly work, Gonder-Stanley serves on the North Carolina Prisoners Legal Services Board of Directors and is a founding member of the Advisory Board for the Durham Expunction and Restoration Program.

Gonder-Stanley earned her bachelor's degree in sociology from Duke University and her JD from New York University School of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude. Following law school, she clerked for U.S. District Judge James A. Beaty Jr.

Professor Ashley Marshall comes to Campbell Law from Quinnipiac University, where she taught Legal Studies in the Department of Justice and Law. She has been practicing law for more than a decade in the fields of labor and employment law, employment litigation, school law, energy law, utility regulation and administrative law.

At Campbell Law, she will direct the Externship Program and teach Pre-Trial Litigation.

Marshall's professional career includes serving as Legal Director for the Bureau of Energy & Technology Policy (BETP) at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, where she focused on issues of federal and state funding compliance in areas of efficiency, solar, weatherization, health and safety barrier remediation programs. Her other legal focuses were on energy affordability and creating an electric low-income discount rate in Connecticut.

Marshall defended employers in state and federal court against discrimination claims at Shipman and Goodwin LLP, where she drafted briefs and motions for multiple stages of litigation, negotiated and drafted favorable settlement agreements for both public and private sector employers, conducted workplace investigations and routinely provided educational presentations on various employment law topics to clients and the public.

Marshall is a recipient of the Fleming James Jr. Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor Law and was recognized as a Connecticut Super Lawyer "Rising Star" in 2019.

Marshall earned her bachelor of arts, summa cum laude, from Howard University in May 2012. She earned her JD with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law in May 2015.

ABOUT CAMPBELL LAW SCHOOL

Since its founding in 1976, Campbell Law has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion, and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others. Among its accolades, the school has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as having the nation's top Professionalism Program and by the American Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation's best Trial Advocacy Program. Campbell Law boasts nearly 5,000 alumni, who make their home in nearly all 50 states and beyond. In 2026, Campbell Law is celebrating 50 years of graduating legal leaders and 17 years of being located in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of North Carolina's Capital City.

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