Megan Meier

Practice Areas

Recognized as one of the top defamation attorneys in the United States, Megan L. Meier was selected as the "Defamation Litigation Lawyer of the Year" by Lawyer Monthly Magazine in 2023, and she has racked up high-profile defamation wins for tech companies, private equity funds, executives, and founders. Hailed as “an extraordinary advocate” and “a shaper in her industry,” Megan represented Dominion Voting Systems in its historic defamation litigation against Fox News and others who spread disinformation about the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. In partnership with elite crisis PR firms and in-house communications professionals, Megan has also fixed or nixed false stories before they were published and has scored countless corrections and retractions from the national media. Megan 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, 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

Megan 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.