Margaret Bartley (née Ciszek; born December 21, 1959)[1] is an American lawyer and judge from Maryland.

From 1982 to 1983 she was an assistant to an account executive and later a receptionist at CIMA (Corporate Insurance Management) in Woodbridge, Virginia.

In 1984 she was a kitchen manager and later a cook for Homespun, Inc. From 1985 to early 1986 she was an administrative assistant to Stanley Kaplan, an optometrist.

She then worked as a staff attorney, and then senior staff attorney, for the National Veterans Legal Services Program, serving as editor in chief of that organization's quarterly report, and served as Director of Outreach and Education for the Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program from 2005 to 2012.

In 2012, Bartley was nominated by President Barack Obama to a seat on the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.