Before co-founding Hoppin Grinsell, Margot practiced at Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where she represented clients in a wide variety of complex commercial disputes. She has also worked as a public defender and a solo practitioner, representing early-stage companies as they navigated complex regulatory and legal hurdles, plaintiffs in employment discrimination matters, and corporate entities in commercial disputes.  Over the course of her career, Margot has represented hundreds of low-income clients in criminal, civil, administrative, and immigration matters.

Margot graduated with honors from NYU School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. Margot served as an Articles Editor for the New York University Law Review, a research assistant to three professors, and a teaching assistant in torts and administrative law courses.  Margot currently serves on the NYU Law Board of Trustees.

Prior to law school, Margot held a Coro fellowship in public affairs in New York City and worked in the New York City Economic Development Corporation’s Strategic Planning Unit and in the New York Legal Assistance Group’s LegalHealth Program.  She graduated with honors from Harvard College, where she co-founded a Boston-area diabetes mentoring program, volunteered in a legal-medical partnership at Boston Medical Center (Project HEALTH), designed and directed a policy seminar for Project HEALTH volunteers, and was awarded the Peter Wilson award for courage and contribution.