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MARGARET MCLEAN was born
and raised in Rome, New York, and graduated from Rome Free
Academy in 1984. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Boston
College in 1988 and received the prestigious Scholar of the
College Award for writing a novel based on the life of Feodor
Dostoevsky. She earned her law degree from Boston College Law
School in 1991 and became a member of the Massachusetts and
Federal Bars.
Margaret commenced her legal career as an Essex County Assistant
District Attorney in Lawrence, Massachusetts. She prosecuted
hundreds of criminal cases ranging from heroin and cocaine
distribution, arson, domestic violence, sexual assault against
women and children, burglary, larceny, auto theft, assault and
battery with dangerous weapons, and armed assault with intent to
murder. She headed the juvenile court where she prosecuted a
large number of juvenile gang members. She gained years of
experience trying serious cases before juries of six and twelve.
She has worked side by side with local and state police, and
with expert witnesses in the field of ballistics, narcotics,
arson investigation, and fingerprinting.
Margaret also practiced law in Boston for a major insurance
company as a trial lawyer. Her trials included product
liability, insurance fraud, and cases involving serious bodily
injury, arson, and significant property damage. She taught
criminal law and procedure at the Essex County Sheriff’s
Department and will be lecturing on trial procedure for arson
investigators at the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services
this year. She has also served as a judge for the Boston College
Law School Mock Trial Competition. She is currently a full time
author, lecturer, and mother of three children.
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