FORA.tv Speaker - Margo A. Bagley

Margo A. Bagley teaches courses on patent law, international and comparative patent law, intellectual property, fundamentals of innovation, and contracts. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1986, Bagley worked in products research and development with the Procter & Gamble Company, where she was named Product Development Excellence "Rookie of the Year" and was co-inventor on a U.S. patent for improved peanut butter. Later, she worked as a senior research analyst for the Coca-Cola Company. Through her corporate experience, Bagley developed an interest in the law of intellectual property. Bagley received her J.D. in 1996 from Emory, where she was a Robert W. Woodruff Fellow, an editor of the Emory Law Journal, and was elected to Order of the Coif. She is a member of the Georgia bar and is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Bagley worked as an associate with Smith, Gambrell & Russell and Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner before becoming an assistant professor of law at Emory University in 1999. She was a visiting professor of law at Washington & Lee University School of Law in Fall 2001 and at the University of Virginia School of Law in Fall 2005.