Marie Buckley

Marie Buckley graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College, and from Boston University School of Law.  At B. U. Law, she won the Homer Albers Invitational Moot Court Competition, including the G. Joseph Tauro Award for Outstanding OralAdvocacy (Best Speaker) and Best Brief.  Following law school, Marie spent 9 years as a litigator at a major Boston law firm and handled a wide variety of cases, including multi-million dollar contract disputes, failed acquisitions, pension break-aways, anti-trust defenses, toxic torts, white-collar crime, SEC investigations and insurance fraud. She was also appointed Special Counsel to the Board of Bar Overseers. She has tried jury cases, second-chaired major trials and argued in many courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Since launching Legal Advocacy Workshops, Marie has worked individually with hundreds of lawyers across all departments and at all levels and has received consistently outstanding evaluations. Marie focuses on litigation-type editing, such as briefs, memoranda and letters, and is the primary speaker in our group workshops.