Barbara A. Marschalk is a partner with the law firm of Drew, Eckl & Farnham. Her practice is devoted to a wide range of defending corporations and individuals in civil litigation. Ms. Marschalk's practice areas include medical malpractice defense, defense of nursing home litigation, legal malpractice defense, personal injury defense, premises liability defense and defense of other general litigation and products liability matters for nationally recognized insurers and their insureds.
Ms. Marschalk received her B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina in 1995. She received her J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law in 1998. Ms. Marschalk has given presentations for local and national organizations on a variety of topics, including defense of nursing home litigation; informed consent; and risk management. Ms. Marschalk is an adjunct professor at her alma mater, Georgia State University College of Law, where she teaches a course on Litigation to second year law students. She is also a Committee Chair for the Young Lawyers Division of the Georgia State Bar and has been active as a coach for Georgia State University College of Law's mock trial program. Ms. Marschalk was selected as a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star by Atlanta Magazine in 2006 and 2008. She was also featured as one of Georgia's under 40 "Twelve Lawyers to Watch" in the Fulton County Daily Report "On the Rise" publication in 2008. Ms. Marschalk is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, American Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, American Health Lawyers Association and Lawyers Club of Atlanta.