Megan Meier

Practice Areas

Hailed as “the go-to First Amendment and defamation lawyer in the country,” Megan Meier is one of only six attorneys recognized by Chambers as among the best in the United States for First Amendment Litigation (Mainly Plaintiff) and High Net Worth: Defamation / Reputation Management. After representing Dominion Voting Systems in historic defamation litigation that led to a $787.5 million payout from Fox News, Meier and her partners founded Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch to provide world-class legal representation to companies and high-net-worth individuals facing high-profile reputational attacks from the media, corporate competitors, activist organizations, and others. Shortly after founding their firm, Meier and Watkins won a multi-million dollar landmark jury verdict in a defamation case that further solidified their reputation as elite defamation litigators and earned them recognition as finalists for the National Law Journal’s “Winning Litigators” Award in 2025.

Recognized internationally, Meier has served as an expert on U.S. defamation law in foreign proceedings. She is regularly tapped to speak at conferences and has guest lectured on defamation and media law at the University of Michigan Law School, Harvard Law School, New York University School of Law, George Washington University School of Media & Public Affairs, University of North Carolina School of Law, William and Mary Law School, and Barnard College.

Career

Meier Watkins (2023-present)

Clare Locke (2014-2023)

Kirkland & Ellis (2008-2014)

Personal

Meier believes that facts matter and that liars should be held accountable. She loves musical theater, cheap white wine, cancelled stand-up comedians, friendships with people across the aisle, and living in the heart of Washington, D.C. with her family and Bernese Mountain Dog, Samson.

Publications

• Featured in Dominion Attys On Growing Their New Firm, Litigating Defamation, Law360 (July 11, 2025)

• Featured in ‘Truth Still Prevails’: In Age of Disinformation, Defamation Attorneys Score Landmark Verdict, Law.com (October 24, 2024)

• Featured in Dominion Lawyers Launch New Firm, Bringing High-Profile Defamation Cases, Law.com (August 28, 2023)

Work Highlights

• Represented Dominion Voting Systems in defamation litigation against Fox News, which resulted in a $787.5 million settlement.

• Won an $8 million jury verdict for the chairman of a Dubai-based private investment firm defamed in a fake dossier.

• Represents a pharmaceutical company in defamation litigation against a former FDA official who made false claims that caused the company’s stock price to plummet by 20% and wiped out more than $350 million in market value.

• Represents a publicly traded cannabis manufacturer in defamation litigation against a representative of the company’s competitors.

• Defeated a motion to dismiss filed by Bloomberg in defamation litigation by a professional services company.

• Defeated an anti-SLAPP motion and motions to dismiss filed by the Korean Broadcasting System and its American affiliate in defamation litigation by a California tech startup.

• Negotiated a $16 million defamation settlement for a venture capitalist falsely accused of fraud during a proxy fight.

• Represents a mortgage company in defamation litigation against Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Meier is licensed in Washington, DC, Virginia, and Illinois (inactive), and she partners with local counsel to prosecute high-stakes defamation cases across the United States.

Education