Marya L. Schalk
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Marya L. Schalk
Summers, Rufolo & RodgersTotal Records: 1Biography
Marya Schalk graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2005. She served as a law clerk for one year to the Honorable Joseph M. Tipton of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals in Knoxville. In 2006, she joined the law firm of Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers. She has focused on criminal defense, including federal criminal defense, state criminal defense, and appellate work. She has worked with Mr. Summers on all of his federal cases since joining the firm, as well as many state cases. The majority of her work is in federal criminal defense and appellate work. She has filed briefs and petitions in the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Marya has been named to the Mid-South Rising Stars by Super Lawyers from 2011-2019.
Marya is from Nashville where she attended Father Ryan High School and Vanderbilt University. She moved to Chattanooga in 2006 to be with her husband, Joe, who grew up in Chattanooga.
Bar Admission
Tennessee, 2005
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2007
Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2018
Other Affiliations
American Bar Association, 2005 - 2012
Tennessee Bar Association, 2005 - 2012
Chattanooga Bar Association, 2006 - Present
Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2006 - Present
Federal Bar Association, 2009 - Present (Member)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2009 - 2012 (Member)
American Inn of Court, 2009 - 2011
Achievements
- Other Sources of Feedback About Marya L. Schalk
- Included on the 2022 Mid-South
Past Lists
- 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
Education
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University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2005 J.D.
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Father Ryan High School, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, May, 2002 Bachelor of Arts
Honors: cum laude
Honers
- Tennessee Law Review, 2003 - 2005
- 2005 Robert E. Pryor Award of Excellence in Advocacy
- Mid-South Rising Star by Super Lawyers, 2011 - 2019