John Travis Marshall
Associate Professor of Law; Co-Director Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth- Education
J.D., University of Florida Levin College of Law
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
B.A., University of Notre Dame
- Specializations
Environmental Law
- Biography
John Travis Marshall, associate professor of law, is interested in the challenges associated with the growth and contraction of urban areas. In particular, Marshall studies private, nonprofit and government interventions to promote long-term urban recovery from crisis and disasters.
Marshall joined Georgia State Law from Yale Law School, where he was a clinical lecturer in law and the Ludwig Community Development Fellow. From 2007 to 2011, he was a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow with the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority. In that role, Marshall advised NORA on post-Hurricane Katrina implementation of the Authority’s urban revitalization efforts, including land acquisition, development, and disposition programs.
Prior to his work in New Orleans, Marshall was a partner with Holland & Knight LLP, specializing in land use and zoning matters as well as real estate litigation. Following law school, he served as a law clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Jenkins, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Marshall earned a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, an M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, and a J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law. He teaches Environmental Law and Land Use Law.
- Publications
Books
The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Law and Policy: Risk, Recovery, and Redevelopment (Susan S. Kuo, John T. Marshall, & Ryan Rowberry eds., 2022).
Arthur C. Nelson, John Travis Marshall, Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer, & James C. Nicholas, Market Demand-Based Planning and Permitting (2017).
How Cities Will Save The World: Urban Innovation in the Face of Population Flows, Climate Change and Economic Inequality (Ray Brescia and John Travis Marshall eds. 2016).
Book Chapters
John T. Marshall, Cost-Effective Local Initiatives to Promote Resilient Disaster Recovery, in American Bar Association: The Community Resilience Handbook 343 (George Blaine Huff Jr., et al. eds., 2020).
John T. Marshall, Ann-Margaret Esnard, & Adrienne La Grange, Anticipating and Overcoming Regulatory and Legal Barriers During Rebuilding & Resettlement, in Coming Home after Disaster: Multiple Dimensions of Housing Recovery 293 (Ann-Margaret Esnard & Alka Sapat, eds., Routledge 2016).
John T. Marshall, Assessing Metropolitan Resiliency: Laying the Foundation for Urban Sustainability, in How Cities Will Save The World: Urban Innovation in the Face of Population Flows, Climate Change and Economic Inequality (Ray Brescia and John Travis Marshall eds. 2016).
Raymond H. Brescia & John Travis Marshall, Introduction, in How Cities Will Save The World: Urban Innovation in the Face of Population Flows, Climate Change and Economic Inequality (Raymond H. Brescia & John Travis Marshall ed. 2016).
Articles
John Travis Marshall, Farmland and Forestland in an Era of Climate Change: Hurricane Michael and Opportunities to Advance Rural Resilience, 58 Ga. L. Rev. 1721 (2024)
John Travis Marshall & Karen Johnson, Foreword, 39 Ga. St. U.L Rev. viii (2023).
John Travis Marshall, Introduction: The Community Resilience Handbook, 52 Urb. L. 1 (2023).
Donovan Finn & John Travis Marshall, Superstorm Sandy at Five: Lessons on Law as Catalyst and Obstacle to Long-Term Recovery Following Catastrophic Disasters, 48 Envtl. L. Rep. 10494 (2018).
John Travis Marshall, Ryan Max Rowberry, & Ann-Margaret Esnard, Core Capabilities and Capacities of Developer Nonprofits in Postdisaster Community Rebuilding, 18 Nat. Hazards Rev. 05016004 (2017).
John T. Marshall and Ryan Rowberry, Urban Wreckage and Resiliency: Articulating a Practical Framework for Preserving, Reconstructing, and Building Cities, 50 Idaho L. Rev. 49 (2014).
John T. Marshall, The Importance of Promoting Government Partnerships with Nongovernmental Organization, 9 Bachçeshir U.L. Rev. 159 (2014)
John T. Marshall, Florida's Downtowns: The Key to Smart Growth, Urban Revitalization, and Green Space Preservation, 29 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1509 (2002).
John T. Marshall, Note, The Property Rights Movement and Historic Preservation in Florida: The Impact of the Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private Property Protection Act, 8 U. Fla. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 283 (1997).
John T. Marshall, Rebuilding the American City: Bonds of Friendship as Bricks and Mortar, 1 Planning F. 55 (1995) (reprinted in The Inner City: A Handbook for Renewal 7 (Roger L. Kemp, ed. 2001).
Popular Press
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