Margaret W. Wong
Margaret W. Wong & Associates LLC
Education: Doctoral degree, State University of New York, Buffalo School of Law; bachelor’s degree in chemistry/biology, Western Illinois University
What Guides My Decision-Making: My gut. I study and discuss and get my colleagues’ input, but in the end I’ve found my instinctual decision proves the best.
Historic Figure Who Inspires Me: My father was a Hong Kong newspaper publisher, and my mother was an accomplished journalist, one of the finest woman reporters in China in the 1930s.
Most Important Leadership Quality: Decisive. Don’t be afraid to take risk and fail.
Proudest Moment: When both of my children became partners in my law firm, and then parents
My Biography Would Be Called: The Immigrant’s Way (I handwrote it.)
If I Could Relive One Moment: My time with mother and dad, listening to their stories about our Chinese history of war and peace and two Chinas.
Who’d Play Me in a Biopic: I love Arden Cho in Netflix’s Partner Track