Attorney

Maggie Cooney

“Participating in the civil justice system is about so much more than financial compensation. When done right, civil lawsuits promote accountability and help protect “the next person.” With every settlement or verdict, we hope to prompt healthcare companies to reexamine their practices and make systemic changes that will keep patients safer.”

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High standards for empathy and ethics

Maggie is the Western District Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Chair for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and sits on the Board of Governors of the Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association’s LGBT Rights Committee. Maggie is a coach for Duquesne Law’s Trial Advocacy program, coaching student teams to annual national mock trial competitions. 

About Maggie Cooney

Maggie Cooney

Maggie Cooney  is an associate with experience in medical malpractice, nursing home litigation, personal injury, FELA, insurance bad faith, and long-term disability appeals. 

In law school, Maggie was twice a regional semi-finalist in the National Trial Competition as part of Duquesne’s Trial Advocacy Team. She was a senior staff editor for the Duquesne Law Review, and was a research assistant for three professors in the areas of higher education, scientific evidence, and Pennsylvania grand jury practices. Maggie co-founded the law school’s first LGBTQ+ student organization. She received CALI Excellence for the Future Awards recognizing her achievement of the highest overall grades in the courses Contracts, Property, Civil Procedure & Drafting, Legal Researching & Writing, Trial Advocacy, and Pennsylvania Civil Procedure.

Upon graduation, Maggie was inducted into the Order of Barristers for her “outstanding achievement in moot court.” Maggie was selected by faculty to receive the Kandy Reidbord Ehrenwerth Award for demonstrating “a keen sense of ethics, a devotion to the law, a concern for the underprivileged, and a general commitment to the social issues affecting society.” Maggie was also awarded the Lynette Norton Memorial Award for demonstrating “academic excellence, skills in oral advocacy through moot court programs, and a keen sense of ethics and professionalism.”

In 2022/2023 she co-authored an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the United States, submitted on behalf of the American Association for Justice and Pennsylvania Association for Justice, in the case of Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski. The Court agreed with our argument and issued a ruling protecting the civil rights of nursing home residents across the country.

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Maggie Cooney

Admitted to bar 2018, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Areas of Practice

Awards & Honors

CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Contracts, Property, Civil Procedure & Drafting, Legal Researching & Writing, Trial Advocacy, and Pennsylvania Civil Procedure

Order of Barristers, Member

Kandy Reidbord Ehrenwerth Award for demonstrating “a keen sense of ethics, a devotion to the law, a concern for the underprivileged, and a general commitment to the social issues affecting society.”

Lynette Norton Memorial Award for demonstrating “academic excellence, skills in oral advocacy through moot court programs, and a keen sense of ethics and professionalism.”

Education

Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., 2018, magna cum laude)
Gannon University (B.A., 2015)

Bar Admission & Memberships

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Member 2018
State of West Virginia, Member 2019
U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, Member, 2018

Professional Associations

Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Western District Diversity Equity & Inclusion Chair
Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Board Member
American Association for Justice, Member
Allegheny County Bar Association, Member

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