Marshall Chalmers
Associate General Counsel
As Associate General Counsel, Mr. Chalmers provides advice to the following units and colleges:
- Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Office of Instruction, Admissions, Registrar’s Office, Office of Student Financial Aid, and UGA Libraries (divisions of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost)
- Enterprise Information Technology Services
- Student Affairs
- Graduate School
- School of Public and International Affairs
- Honor’s Program
Additionally, Mr. Chalmers has responsibility for the following areas:
- Freedom of Expression/First Amendment
- Clery Act Compliance
- HIPAA/Privacy
- Data privacy & Cybersecurity
- FERPA
- Contract Review, including Telecommunications and Procurement
- Residency Appeals Committee Chair
Prior to joining the Office of Legal Affairs, Mr. Chalmers had careers in education and in private legal practice. Mr. Chalmers worked as a high school social studies teacher at George Westinghouse Technical High School in Brooklyn, New York. After receiving his law degree, Mr. Chalmers practiced corporate and securities law for the international law firm Freshfields in London, UK, and then for Alston & Bird in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Chalmers received bachelor’s degrees in history and political science from the University of Georgia and his juris doctor from Harvard.
