Margaret joined WBE in September 2022 to work on complex class-action litigation, and has long been interested in protecting the rights of individuals and communities. While in law school, Margaret was active in her school’s Pro Bono Clinic, where she argued on behalf of juveniles who received sentences of life imprisonment. She was also an Associate Barrister of the Trial Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Program and won various awards for her work in trial competitions. Her article advocating to allow individuals with felony convictions to sit on juries was published in the Lake County Bar Association Magazine, “The Docket,” in July 2020.
After graduating law school, Margaret practiced federal criminal defense in the Northern District of Illinois. From September 2021-2022, she served as a law clerk to United States District Court Judge Thomas M. Durkin in the Northern District of Illinois, where she was exposed to a variety of complex litigation matters, including antitrust and False Claims Act cases.