About Alan

Alan L. Marshall, age 46, was born in Seymour. Alan is married to Kimberly Marshall and they reside near Seymour. Alan has two children, Shawn, age 22, a recent graduate from The University of Evansville, and Kellie, age 20 (a sophomore at Indiana University-Purdue University @ Indianapolis) and two step-children, Caitlin, age 20 (a sophomore at Indiana State University) and Sam, age 17, (a senior at Seymour H.S.)

Alan’s parents are Jake and Pearl Marshall of Hayden. He has two siblings, Marlene White, of Seymour and Randall Marshall of Hayden.

After graduating high school in 1977, Alan attended Indiana University-Purdue University@ Columbus full-time while working two part time jobs, one of which was with the U.S. Postal Service. Alan received his bachelors degree in 1981 and soon accepted a full time position with the Postal Service. Alan applied for and was accepted into law school in 1988 at the Indiana University School of Law @ Indianapolis.

From August, 1988 thru July, 2002, Alan commuted 4-5 nights per week to Indianapolis from Hayden to complete his Doctorate of Jurisprudence degree. Alan passed the Indiana Bar Exam in July, 2001, prior to completing law school. Alan worked full-time during law school, went to school full time all while being a dad to a his two young children. Immediately upon his admission to the Indiana Bar, Alan was sworn in as Chief Deputy Prosecutor in Jennings County and was in the courtroom handling felony cases the next week.

When asked about the sacrifices made to become a lawyer, Alan said “While going to law school full time and working full time was extremely difficult, I wouldn’t have done it any other way. I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I worked my way thru IUPUC and law school. I come from a family of blue collar workers. My Dad worked at Arvins and Cummins while Mom worked at Arvins. We raised tobacco when I was a teenager. I worked in the tobacco field and helped local farmers in the summer. My parents couldn’t afford to send me anywhere except IUPUC, so I worked, lived at home, and went to school full time. When I started law school in 1988, my son was 5 and my daughter was 3. My daughter learned to read while sitting on my lap while I studied. By the time she started kindergarten, she was reading out of my law books. On a few occasions I even took my son to class with me. It was all worth it because I know the value of hard work and have not had anything handed to me. I will take the same attitude into the prosecutor’s office if the citizens of Jackson County hire me as their prosecuting attorney.”