Margaret Felts serves as the lead technical consultant to law firms, regulatory agencies and private entities on environmental, energy and corporate fraud cases, concentrating her practice on behind-the-scene discovery, research and strategy design to support the development of winning cases for regional and national clients. While consulting, Felts also served various stints as a state and federal employee. (see below)

In addition to a successful career in consulting that has spanned over 20 years, Ms Felts recently served as of President/CFO of the California Communications Association, where she successfully restructured a 90 year old trade association for the legacy telephone companies to bring them into the age of broadband.

Deputy Director of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), where she managed the State Superfund program, including oversight of toxic waste cleanup of military bases closed by the federal government.

Prior to working for the state, Felts was recruited by the Department of Defense to help open the first environmental office for the Department and went on to serve as Division Chief of Environmental Engineering at for the Department of Defense at McClellan AFB. In this position she was responsible for developing a program to bring the base into compliance with Federal, State and local environmental regulations.

Felts came to California from Texas when she was recruited by the California Energy Commission to fill a Supervisory technical position in the Fuels Office. Felts began her career as a Process Engineer for Amoco, then Celanese Plastics and Specialties.

Ms Felts received her B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana Tech University in 1977, her MS degree from LaSalle University in 1989, and her J.D. degree from University of Pacific's McGeorge School of Law in 2000. Ms Felts also holds a B.A. degree in Communications from Eckerd College.

Specialties Include: Discovery and technical strategies for complex cases
 - Environmental Law - Corporate Law - Energy Engineering and Law - Fraud Investigations