Margo Rusconi, Associate, Supreme Court and Appellate

Margaret O. Rusconi

Associate

Areas of Focus

Margo Rusconi, Associate, Supreme Court and Appellate

Margaret O. Rusconi

Associate

mrusconi@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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  • Represents clients in complex commercial litigation and federal and state appellate litigation.

A member of the firm’s Supreme Court & and appellate group, Margo’s practice focuses on appeals and motions in federal and state tribunals. She has authored briefs filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, federal circuit courts of appeals and federal district courts. Margo has also provided strategic advice to clients facing or considering litigation. She maintains an active and wide-ranging pro bono practice.

Previously, Margo served as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Raymond M. Kethledge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the Honorable Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Margo graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where she received Order of the Coif. While in law school, she served as executive and managing director of the Barristers’ Council, Georgetown Law’s competitive advocacy organization. Margo also worked full time as the digital director for Congressman David Joyce (OH-14) during her first year of law school.

Margo was a member of Akin’s 2018 summer associate class and a 2017 Pro Bono Scholar.

Representative Work
  • Successfully represented a national restaurant chain in a suit challenging an order of the National Labor Relations Board (D.C. Cir.)
  • Successfully defended a professional sports league in a long-running putative class action (N.D. Cal.)
  • Argued and won a motion for compassionate release for a client who had been incarcerated for more than 30 years (D.C. Superior)

Education
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, 2019

  • B.A., Ohio State University, magna cum laude, 2016

Clerkships
  • U.S.D.C., District of Columbia

  • U.S.C.A., 6th Circuit

Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia

  • Virginia

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