About Margaret S.
Margaret S. Fischofer built her path to the law on a foundation in the sciences. She completed a bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of South Carolina–Aiken in 2003 and earned her J.D. from William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law in 2006. Those credentials shape how she approaches technical legal problems today.
Her education paired a scientific background with formal legal training. At William & Mary she completed the coursework required for a legal career that often intersects with technology and innovation. The earlier study of biology gave her the vocabulary and perspective useful in patent-related work and other intellectually technical areas of the law.
After law school she entered private practice and took a path common to lawyers who handle technology matters. She is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to the bars of Georgia and Virginia. In private practice she served as an associate at Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, where she worked on matters that involved patents and other intellectual property questions.
Colleagues and clients tend to look to attorneys in this niche for help with the drafting and prosecution of patent applications, counseling on patentability, and related transactional issues. Fischofer’s educational background in biology, together with her USPTO registration, supports work that requires both technical literacy and legal precision. She has handled tasks that require translating laboratory and engineering concepts into legal documents and arguments.
Her experience in a firm environment exposed her to cross-disciplinary teams of engineers, scientists, and business counsel. That setting also required practical skills: clear written work product, careful attention to deadlines, and coordination with outside counsel or in-house teams. The role of associate at a national firm demanded both subject-matter understanding and the ability to manage client communications.
Fischofer’s career reflects a steady alignment of science and law. She has combined a biology degree and a law degree with professional registration that permits practice before the USPTO, and she has applied those tools in private practice at Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. She currently focuses her practice on patent prosecution and related intellectual property counseling.
