Margaret Johnson Pertet

Margaret Johnson Pertet was born on November 15, 1957 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Margaret joined Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald in 2001. She previously had been associated with Legal Services Corporation from 1982 to 1985; NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development from 1985 to 1987; NYC Law Department, Office of Corporation Counsel from 1987 to 1992; Finkelstein, Levine, Gittelsohn & Tetenbaum from 1992 to 1995; Jacoby & Meyers 1995 to 2000; and Schneider, Kleinick, Weitz, Damashek & Shoot -The Johnnie Cochran Firm from 2000 to 2001. She is presently employed with Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald as one of our trial attorneys working on personal injury as well as lead paint cases.

Education

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1975
• Ithaca College, 1979, B.A. in Sociology
• Juris Doctor Hofstra University School of Law, 1982

• New York Bar
• U.S.D.C. - Eastern District
• U.S.D.C. - Southern District

• New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Past lecturer)
• New York County Lawyers Association
• Metropolitan Black Bar Assocation
• Association of Black Women Attorneys
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Board Member, Tort Litigation Committee)