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Benjamin Margo
Senior Counsel
Internet Strategy and Litigation
New York
Palo Alto
bmargo@wsgr.com
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Ben Margo is senior counsel in the firm’s internet litigation and strategy group. He advises clients and litigates individual and class-based disputes involving content moderation, copyright and trademark infringement, defamation, online privacy, products liability, and unfair competition.

Before joining the firm, Ben was an associate at Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC, where his practice focused on complex federal litigation. He previously served as an analyst for the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Ben was a law clerk to the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Experience

Ben Margo is senior counsel in the firm’s internet litigation and strategy group. He advises clients and litigates individual and class-based disputes involving content moderation, copyright and trademark infringement, defamation, online privacy, products liability, and unfair competition.

Before joining the firm, Ben was an associate at Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC, where his practice focused on complex federal litigation. He previously served as an analyst for the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Ben was a law clerk to the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Education
  • J.D., New York University School of Law

    Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif

  • M.A., Georgetown University

    With Honors

  • A.B., Harvard College

    Cum Laude

Admissions
  • Bar of the District of Columbia
  • State Bar of California
  • State Bar of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Credentials
Education
  • J.D., New York University School of Law

    Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif

  • M.A., Georgetown University

    With Honors

  • A.B., Harvard College

    Cum Laude

Admissions
  • Bar of the District of Columbia
  • State Bar of California
  • State Bar of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Focus Areas
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Consumer Litigation
  • Data, Privacy, and Cybersecurity
  • Digital Media and Entertainment
  • Internet Strategy and Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Supreme Court and Appellate
  • Trademark and Copyright Litigation
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