Margaret served for ten years as a judge pro tem of the Perrysburg Municipal Court.

Before joining the firm, Margaret served as law clerk to the Hon. Robert E. DeMascio, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary in 1982 and a law degree magna cum laude from Rutgers University Law School in 1986.  Margaret was Editor-in-Chief of the Rutgers Law Review. 

Publications:

• Chapter Editor, How to Take a Case Before the NLRB (BNA)

Honors and Awards:  

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2008-2010, Employment and Labor
• Listed in annual editions of Ohio Super Lawyers
• Ohio State Bar Foundation, Fellows Class of 2004
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Toledo Women's Bar Association Arabella Babb Mansfield Award (2009)

Professional Memberships:

• Toledo Bar Association
• Toledo Women’s Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association 
• State Bar of Michigan
• State Bar of New York
• Ohio Management Lawyers Association
• Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• National Association of Woman Lawyers
• Women's Law Alliance (Advisory Board member)

Representative Cases:

• Martin v. Dana Driveshaft Manufacturing, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (2009).  Lead counsel for employer.  Obtained summary judgment on race discrimination and retaliation claim.
  
• Echlin, Inc. v. National Union Insurance Co., Lucas County Common Pleas Court (2008).  Co-counsel for corporate policyholders seeking defense costs and indemnity for underlying product claims.  Negotiated resolution of case after court awarded policyholders' summary judgment on liability and bad faith.
  
• Isbell v. Johns Manville, 2007 Ohio App. LEXIS 4716 (2007).  Lead counsel for employer.  Obtained summary judgment on race discrimination and harassment claims.
  
• Gardull v. Perstorp Polyols, 382 F. Supp. 2d 960 (N.D. Ohio 2005).  Lead counsel for employer in ADA case.  Obtained summary judgment.
  
• Siebert v. Dana Corporation, 2005 U.S. Dist. Ct. LEXIS 5450 (N.D. Ohio 2005).  Lead counsel for employer in FMLA retaliation and defamation case.  Obtained summary judgment.
  
• Ulmer v. Dana Corp., 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 21311.  Lead trial and appeal counsel for employer in discrimination case.  Obtained defense verdict at trial and affirmance on appeal.
  
• Dana Commercial Credit Corporation v. The Federal Insurance Company (N.D. California 1994).  Co-counsel for policyholder seeking coverage for employee theft.  Negotiated resolution of claim after obtaining favorable court rulings on policy defenses.
  
• NLRB v. Health Care & Retirement, 987 F.2d 1256 (6th Cir. 1993), aff'd, 114 S. Ct. 1778 (1994).  Co-counsel for employer in case where Supreme Court rejected NLRB's long-standing definition of supervisory status in health care facilities.  Lead counsel in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
  
• Put in Bay Island Taxing District Authority v. Colonial Inc., 65 Ohio St. 3d 449 (1992).  Lead counsel on appeal for taxpayer who successfully challenged constitutionality of statute taxing island businesses.
  
• Frazier v. Health Care & Retirement Corporation, Jackson County, Michigan.  Lead trial counsel for employer in sexual harassment case.  Obtained defense verdict.

• Frequent lecturer on labor and employment law topics

Community Involvement:

• Perrysburg Historic Landmark Commission (appointed member)
• Zonta International
• United Way Women's Initiative