Margaret Cooney represents both private and public sector clients. She is a trial attorney with extensive experience representing clients in medical malpractice, personal injury, insurance bad faith, and breach of contract matters. She combines deep legal expertise with a compassionate, client-centered approach, building strong relationships and earning trust by meeting clients wherever they are—whether at home, at work, or in their communities.

A creative thinker and strategic advocate, Margaret is equally effective in the courtroom and at the negotiation table. She has secured multi-million-dollar jury verdicts and settlements, including a $3.25 million jury award in a corporate negligence case and multiple seven-figure settlements in medical malpractice and wrongful death claims. Her background as a plaintiff’s attorney gives her a unique perspective for identifying risk and pursuing favorable outcomes for her clients.

Margaret is also an accomplished legal scholar and educator. She serves as an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at Duquesne University School of Law and has co-authored an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. She has received numerous academic awards, including CALI Excellence for the Future Awards for top grades in multiple law school courses, and honors for her ethics, advocacy, and professionalism.

Outside the office, Margaret enjoys camping, exploring Pittsburgh’s restaurant scene, and spending time with her Great Dane. She is actively involved in the legal community, serving on boards and committees focused on trial advocacy, diversity, equity, inclusion, and LGBT rights, and volunteers with the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund’s Name Change Project.

Margaret earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Duquesne University School of Law and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Gannon University. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and multiple federal courts.

• Liability for the VA Healthcare Professional (Erie VA Medical Center · Sep 19,
  2024)
• Medical Malpractice Considerations for Anesthesiology (Pennsylvania Society
  of Anesthesiologists · Mar 2, 2024)
• Don't Sleep on Your Anesthesiology Case (The Journal of the Allegheny County
  Bar Association · Dec 15, 2023)
• Mental Health Malpractice Claims in Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Association
  for Justice · Dec 1, 2023)
• How to Beat the PREP Act Defense (Pennsylvania Association for Justice · Sep
  21, 2021)