Allison Margolin is a partner at Margolin & Lawrence in Beverly Hills, where she practices criminal defense and civil litigation in both state and federal court. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and earned her B.A. at Columbia University with a degree in Political Science and a Certificate in Writing. She has been admitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the US Supreme Court, and pro hac vice to federal courts in Florida and Nevada.
She writes regularly about the law, including the drug war and search and seizure law, and has appeared as an expert on television regarding Internet privacy law and medical marijuana. She has written articles for The Los Angeles Times online, Hustler magazine, the Daily Journal, the Los Angeles Bar Journal, Anderson Cooper 360, and the Daily News. In 2008, she also worked as an Adjunct Professor of Law at West Los Angeles Law School. In 2004, Allison worked as a legal consultant on the reality jury show “Second Verdict.”
She has been featured on the cover of California Lawyer Magazine, the front page of the Los Angeles Times, and the Los Angeles Daily Journal. During her spare time, she lectures on current legal issues across California. She has spoken before the Beverly Hills Bar Association, CEB: Continuing Education of the Bar, the Torrance Public Defenders’ Office, and the San Fernando Public Defenders’ Office amongst others. She has been quoted in magazines ranging from the Los Angeles Daily News to the New Yorker to US Weekly.