Our Team

Marshall Slayton graduated from UVA Law School and is a highly rated bankruptcy attorney in Central Virginia. Using the expertise and judgment he’s developed over his quarter-century career as a lawyer, he has helped literally thousands of Virginians in Charlottesville, Culpeper, and Waynesboro find relief from their financial problems and get out of debt.

Marshall holds a “Preeminent” Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, an honor bestowed on only 10% of the nation’s attorneys. Highly rated by clients and lawyers alike on Avvo, Google, and Lawyers.com, his goal is to provide excellent legal services to everyone who walks in his door in a friendly, compassionate, and affordable manner.

Besides practicing law, Marshall enjoys spending time with his family, swimming, reading, and traveling. He is the author of the book Bankruptcy – The Law of Hope and numerous other articles on bankruptcy. Marshall is also the winner of the 2018 Entrepreneurial Attorney of the Year award for providing excellent service and a superior overall experience for his clients.

Carlos began working for Slayton Law, PLC at the beginning of 2019 and has already done everything from answering phones, to assisting clients with documents, to preparing petitions and motions. In addition to working at Slayton Law, Carlos is in college studying law. Carlos’ favorite part of working at Slayton Law is preparing petitions and helping clients get their bankruptcy cases filed. When Carlos isn’t at the office, he likes studying, as well as playing the occasional video game.

Stephania started working for the firm in October 2019. She is a petition drafter and Chapter 7 Legal Assistant. Stephania prepares petitions for review by our attorneys and handles all aspects of Chapter 7 cases, from filing through discharge. In her spare time, she enjoys roller-skating, hula hooping, and learning new languages.

Brenda is the newest addition to the Slayton Law team; she helps out answering phones and scheduling appointments. She likes singing, reading and also writing film reviews with her brother in her free time.

Fran Cannon Slayton has been married to Marshall Slayton for almost 30 years, and is also a lawyer who graduated with Marshall from UVA Law School in 1994.

Fran worked as a prosecutor for the City of Lynchburg and the City of Charlottesville and as a Legal Publisher for Lexis-Nexis before deciding to stay home when their daughter was born.

Fran handles marketing, business management, and various personnel issues for Slayton Law. She is also a published children’s book author. Her highly acclaimed middle grade novel, When the Whistle Blows, came out in 2009 with Penguin, and her 2017 picture book, Snowball Moon, is being published in board book format in 2019. You can find her books at New Dominion Bookshop on the downtown mall, and online at Amazon.com, BarnesandNobel.com, and Indiebound.org.