Margo Jasukaitis

Associate

Margo Jasukaitis

Seattle

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MJasukaitis@perkinscoie.com

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Margo Jasukaitis focuses her practice on employment litigation and counseling.

Her experience runs the gamut from representing employers in both single-plaintiff and class action lawsuits to advising companies on discrete issues and helping draft employment agreements and handbooks.

Margo's litigation experience includes defending employers against a variety of claims, including discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims brought under both federal and state law. She has also represented companies in arbitrations, drafting briefs on topics including job misclassification and contract interpretation.

Before joining Perkins Coie, Margo gained valuable experience litigating federal appeals as a student attorney in Georgetown's Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic. While there, she co-authored "Defining 'Regular Occupation' in Long-Term Disability Insurance Policies," which was published in the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics.

Prior to law school, Margo worked at a strategic communications firm in Seattle, where she helped clients across a variety of industries develop and implement public relations plans and handle communications in times of crisis.

Areas of focus

Services

Labor & Employment

Education & Credentials

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, Executive Editor, Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, 2020
Loyola Marymount University, B.A., Communication Studies, summa cum laude, 2012

Bar and Court Admissions

Washington

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Related Employment

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Sen. Patty Murray’s Office, Washington, D.C., Education Intern, 2020
Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, Summer Associate, 2019
D.C. Public Schools Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C., Legal Intern, 2019
Washington State Attorney General’s Office, UW Division, Seattle, WA, Law Clerk, 2018