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Margarita Tapia

Margarita Tapia

Associate Attorney
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800-320-4357
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Boca Raton, FL

Veterans Disability Benefits

Margarita Tapia is a veterans disability benefits attorney with Werner, Hoffman, Greig & Garcia.

Educational Background

Margarita Tapia received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2010. She pursued her Juris Doctor at Ave Maria School of Law in Naples, Florida, where she earned the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in multiple classes. Margarita is admitted to practice law in the State of Florida and in the State of Texas.

Legal Expertise

While at the BVA, Margarita Tapia worked on a range of issues, including service connection claims, increased rating claims, TDIU claims, and claims for earlier effective dates. Margarita is passionate about Veterans Law and is ready to zealously advocate for the men and women that honorably served our Country.

Professional Experience

From May 2023 to February 2025, Margarita Tapia worked as an attorney advisor for the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA), where she gained an invaluable insight of Veterans Law. Margarita has experience in several areas of law, including family law, criminal law, personal injury law, and Veterans Law.

Practice Areas

Education

  • BA in Political Science in 2010
  • JD from Ave Maria School of Law

Accomplishments

  • Margarita Alfaro & Ulysses Jaen, The Lotus Flower Children: A Focus On a Worst Form of Child Labor and the Refusal of the U.S. to Comply with Convention No. 182, Journal of Gender Race & Justice, Vol. 19, No. 2

Awards

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Bar Admission

  • Texas
  • Florida
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