Bill Marvin received a Regents Scholarship from the State of New York and attended SUNY Cortland, graduating in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science. Subsequently, Bill was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. His early assignments included service as an infantry officer in a deployed Battalion Landing Team during the American withdrawal from Southeast Asia and as a staff officer at Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps administering the Marine Corps reenlistment program. As one of several officers selected to attend law school while remaining on active duty, Bill graduated from California Western School of Law in San Diego in 1981 with a Juris Doctorate and was admitted to the Ohio Bar.
   

Following a series of legal and operational assignments of increasing responsibility and complexity, including service as Staff Judge Advocate to the Commanding General of the 1st Marine Division, Bill resigned his commission in 1989 and became a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, specializing in immigration issues.  In 1990, Bill organized and became president of a startup company that pioneered the delivery of investigative and litigation support to a vast sector of American business.  During the 1990’s Bill was Chairman of San Diego County’s Republican Party (1997-99), Treasurer for California State Assemblyman and later Senator Bill Morrow, a member of the California Commission on Criminal Justice, and a senior advisor to the Mexican Congress.  Bill also was New York Governor George Pataki’s personal representative to the Mexican government.  As an international legal consultant during this period, Bill represented and advised many large international companies including Cubic Corporation and Skanska.  Bill retired from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in 1997, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

In 2002, acting as General Counsel and specializing in international business development, Bill helped his wife form Salazar Communications; today, Salazar is the leading provider of specialized marketing and public relations services in Las Vegas, Nevada, the fastest growing region in the U.S.  Please see www.salacomm.com.
Bill is very proud of his son Chris, who is an attorney with the prestigious international law firm Linklaters.  Chris, who specializes in financial derivatives, was senior editor of the law review at UCLA Law School.
Bill is a member of the New York Bar, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and all of the federal immigration and military courts.