Fernandez, Gary J.

Attorney Margaret Connors has over 30 years of experience as an attorney and counselor-at-law.  Before joining Dolan & Mayerson, she worked at The Mayerson Law Offices in Spring City and at Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss and Schwartz in Philadelphia.  Margaret served as a law clerk to Judge Perry Shertz of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania; she subsequently clerked for Justice William D. Hutchinson and Chief Justice Robert N.C. Nix of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.  Margaret also served as the administrative law clerk to Justice Juanita-Kidd Stout, the first African-American woman to sit on the highest court of any state.  Because of her appellate experience, Margaret largely devotes her professional efforts toward legal research on the firm’s toughest legal issues.  She works on all the firm’s appellate cases, including Berg v. Nationwide in which the Supreme Court reversed a trial court decision that was not favorable to the firm’s clients. 

Margaret graduated magna cum laude from LaSalle University in 1972 with a Bachelor’s Degree in History.  She went on to earn her Master’s Degree in History from Villanova University in 1976.  Both Temple and Villanova University awarded her assistantships.  She then earned her Juris Doctor from the Villanova University School of Law where she qualified for the Moot Court Board. 

Margaret belongs to the Chester County and Montgomery County Bar Associations.  She has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Chester County Bar Foundation and Bar Association.  She currently heads up the Historical Committee.  In 2010, Margaret received the Service Award from the Chester County Bar Association for her charitable fund raising efforts. 

Margaret has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of her high school alma mater, Merion Mercy Academy.  She has mentored a high school, Mock Trial team for the past three years.

Margaret is an avid traveler who often spends time in her husband’s home town of Sicily.  She has learned to cook the local cuisine which emphasizes fresh fish and home-grown produce.  She is also a sports enthusiast who has played,  coached and refereed basketball with certifications from PIAA and NAGWS. 

Margaret and her husband, an architect, have two grown children.  Her daughter lives in Honolulu and “teaches for America.”  Her son is an economist with the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.