Following law school, she was a deputy
district attorney for five years in
Coos County, Oregon, along the
Oregon Coast. Dwight C. Holton had served as the interim U.S. Attorney after Immergut left the position in 2009. The
United States Senate confirmed Marshall's appointment in September 2011, and she was sworn in on October 7, 2011. The U.S. Department of Justice later released the full report from the investigation indicated that news reports from
Willamette Week were misleading and that Marshall had had an affair with a subordinate in an on again off again nature for over a year. According to
Willamette Week, the incidents had been an open secret in
Portland, Oregon, for some time; its discovery by DOJ officials in Washington, D.C., prompted the suspension of Marshall and revocation of her
security clearance. The following month, Marshall resigned citing unspecified health issues. According to Marshall, she had been receiving treatment for her unspecified health issues but "it was not sufficient."
Suspension by Oregon Bar Association In March 2018 the Oregon Bar Association and former U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall reached an agreement in which her law license was suspended for 90 days followed by 2 years of probation for lying to investigators during the investigation of the misconduct charges against her. During her probation Marshall agreed to see a mental health care professional. ==References==