About Margaret
Margaret Booz McGowan is an associate in the Litigation Practice. Prior to joining the firm, Margaret clerked for the Honorable James C. Dever III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Margaret leverages her experience as a federal judicial clerk to represent a wide variety of clients in complex commercial matters.
Margaret graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was an online editor for the Virginia Law Review and a Karsh-Dillard Scholar. While in law school, Margaret participated in the Child Advocacy Clinic, where she obtained a sentence reduction for a serious juvenile offender. She also interned for the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section.
Margaret received her B.A. from Duke University, which she attended on a full merit scholarship as a Benjamin N. Duke Scholar.
Credentials
Education
- University of Virginia, J.D., 2020
- Duke University, B.A., magna cum laude, with High Distinction in English, Phi Beta Kappa, 2017
Admissions
- District of Columbia, 2021
- North Carolina, 2021
Courts
- U.S. Ct. of App., Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. of North Carolina
- U.S. Dist. Ct., W. Dist. of North Carolina
- U.S. Dist. Ct., M. Dist. of North Carolina
- U.S. Dist. Ct., Dist. of Columbia
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bar Association
Expertise
Services
- Litigation