Background
Edwards, Margaret Hart was born on August 23, 1950 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Daughter of Parker Thompson and Jane Constance (Smiley) Hart.
Edwards, Margaret Hart was born on August 23, 1950 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Daughter of Parker Thompson and Jane Constance (Smiley) Hart.
University of Chicago (Bachelor of Arts, 1972). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco, 1990-1992.
Lecturer, Employment Law, American Society of Legal Administrators, 1990 and 1991.
Partner, Cooper, White & Cooper, San Francisco, 1982-1993; partner, Landels, Ripley & Diamond, San Francisco, since 1993. Board directors Legal Aid Society San Francisco.
"A Model Employee Handbook for the Small California Business," Volume V, California Business Law Practitioner, No. 4, Continuing Education of the Bar, Fall, 1990. "Posting Requirements for California Employers,” Volume V, Labor and Employment Law News, Nos.
3 and 4, State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Law Section, Fall, 1986 and Winter, 1987. "ERISA Claims in Wrongful Discharge Cases," Volume II, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1985 Annual Convention Reference Materials, pp. 511-540, 1985
"The Callenge of Obsolete Penal Statutes,” Volume 65, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, No.
3, pp. 315-333, 1974.
Member American Bar Association (labor and litigation section), California State Bar Association (labor and litigation law section), San Francisco Bar Association (labor law section), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Robert P. Edwards, July 22, 1972 (divorced 1981). Married William Thomas Espey, April 14, 1984. Children: John Parker Espey, Audrey Hart Espey.